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A few confirmation questions for criminal justice fans from Senator Cornyn

By Douglas A. Berman

As explained here, in the run up to Judge Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, Texas Senator John Cornyn for the last few weeks has been posting questions about Judge Sotomayor's record and her views on the law and the Constitution  The full list of questions can be found at this link, and here are a few of Senator Cornyn's 20 questions that might be of special interest to criminal justice fans: Question 9: Are judges supposed to update the law to reflect changing social policy? Question 10: What did Judge Sotomayor mean when she agreed that the Second Amendment does not protect a fundamental right? Question 14: Has the Supreme Court made any missteps in the last fifty years that might justify public skepticism about lawyers and the courts? Question 16: Should the Constitution be interpreted to allow the death penalty, and if so, under what limitations? Obviously, only Question 16 is a "pure" criminal justice question...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 12, 2009 (boomark / email).