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Is Sotomayor an Activist? Not by my Measure

By Corey Rayburnyung

This is a bit off topic, but I figure it will still be of interest because who doesn't care about a Supreme Court nominee?For many months, I have been working on an empirical project that measures judicial activism of appellate court judges. Most studies on the subject of activism have focused on the Supreme Court and instances when judges engage in some form of inter-branch conflict. The focus on the highest court is understandable, but really doesn't tell us much about the judicial system as a whole. As Frank Cross has pointed out, because of the Court's small, self-selected docket, the overwhelming majority of "law" work at the federal level is being performed by the Courts of Appeals. When looking at those courts, the focus on inter-branch actions isn't very helpful...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).