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The Sotomayor Hearings

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As the confirmation hearings wind through a second day, the Wall Street Journal has an editorial column, "Sotomayor and International Law," written by editorial writer Collin Levy.Sonia Sotomayor will parry a wide range of questions about her judicial philosophy during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the Senate this week. The most revealing line of inquiry may be about her views on the use of foreign and international law when judging cases. Like several of the judges on the left branch of the court, Judge Sotomayor has said she favors a broader consideration of foreign and international law in U.S. judicial opinions. While she rarely had occasion to dip into foreign sources during her time on the Second Circuit, she recently went out of her way to embrace the concept and its applications by the high court...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 14, 2009 (boomark / email).