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Seeing already some consequences of having a record on sentencing (and the Second Amendment?)

By Douglas A. Berman

I find it quite telling, though not especially surprising, that folks eager to find things they dislike about President Obama's SCOTUS nominee are already focused on her sentencing record and her possible views on the Second Amendment.  Specifically, I just found these posts from folks at the National Review, both of which reference Judge Sotomayor's work as a sentencing judge: Sonia Sotomayor, Soft on New Jersey Corruption A Drug Dealer Is 'In Part a Victim of the Economic Necessities of Our Society'? Meanwhile, as evidence by the posts liked below, a few folks at The Volokh Conspiracy have diverse views about how we might read Judge Sotomayor's (non)record on the Second Amendment: Sonia Sotomayor versus the Second Amendment More on Sotomayor and the Second Amendment continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).