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Elections have consequences: Special Supreme Court edition
Here's the new rule: Not every campaign contribution by a litigant or attorney creates a probability of bias that requires a judge's recusal, but this is an exceptional case. We conclude that there is a serious risk of actual bias - … [Read more...]
What Judge Sotomayor Didn’t Say
Although Judge Sotomayor did not make the claim, it's long been accepted in the "diversity business" that occupying a less advantaged status in society can make an individual more insightful than the norm. The reason is simple: The … [Read more...]
Sotomayor ruled against race discrimination plaintiffs nearly 90% of the time
As I've said many times, if you really want to know what's going on with all things Supreme Court-related, your first stop should always be SCOTUSblog. Their latest work conclusively refutes any notion that Sonia Sotomayor routinely … [Read more...]
RosenGate continues
Here's Rosen's defense, as reported by NPR: By writing about her legal intellect, Rosen tells NPR, he was exploring whether she rose to the level of judicial and tactical brilliance one might want in a Supreme Court Justice. Rosen says he … [Read more...]
Judge Sotomayor and the “wise Latina” remark
[S]eminal decisions in race and sex discrimination cases have come from Supreme Courts composed exclusively of white males. I agree that this is significant but I also choose to emphasize that the people who argued those cases before the … [Read more...]
Race is everything.
Race is everything. by Kevin Sowyrda We're living in a crude time of racial centric politics. Nothing new, you say? Then check out the recent news concerning judiciary appointments in both Washington and Boston. Everything is … [Read more...]
Obama to nominate Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court
This just in. An utterly unsurprising pick, and I think a good one. More later.... By the way, if you want to learn more about Judge Sotomayor, your first stop should be the outstanding SCOTUSblog, which consistently offers … [Read more...]
1992 Seems Like Yesterday
Those words still ring true seventeen years later, when another "entire generation has come of age free to assume Roe's concept of liberty in defining the capacity of women to act in society, and to make reproductive decisions." I've felt … [Read more...]
Let the Games Begin
ABC is reporting that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized and has had surgery for early-stage pancreatic cancer. Of course, I wish Justice Ginsburg a speedy recovery. Her illness is just a reminder, though, that sometime … [Read more...]