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Judge Sotomayor on textualism and voting rights in Hayden v. Pataki

By Douglas A. Berman

Folks can find lots and lots of interesting SCOTUS nominee Sotomayor blogging on various topics at The Volokh Conspiracy and SCOTUSblog and elsewhere.  Here I will continue to keep the focus on criminal justice issue, while also stressing that a close review of Judge Sotomayor's work in criminal justice cases might provide the best window into her various perspectives on law and judging. Today I enourage everyone to consider Judge Sotomayor's comments in her one-page separate dissent in the en banc case, Hayden v. Pataki, 449 F.3d 305 (2d Cir. 2006), which concerned felon voting rights.  The full Second Circuit opinion is available here and here is the full text of Judge Sotomayor's dissent (which appears on page 100 of the 103-page pdf!): SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge, dissenting...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 28, 2009 (boomark / email).