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What questions should Judge Sotomayor be asked in her confirmation hearing?

By Douglas A. Berman

The WSJ Law Blog has this timely new entry, titled "Sotomayor: A Guest?s Perspective On What Senators Should Ask The Judge."  In what appears to be part of a developing series, Professor Heather Gerken in this post suggests that Senators look beyond headline-making cases to probe methodology: If you really want to know what a judge is like, don?t ask about highly visible decisions; ask about the invisible work habits that produce them.  Ask Judge Sotomayor simple, even mundane questions about daily life on the bench.  Ask her how she prepares for a case. How much time a judge spends on preparation is a pretty good proxy for identifying judges who care only about outcomes.  A judge who spends a lot of time reading the briefs and reviewing the case law is the kind of judge who decides one case at a time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).