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If Sessions can vote against Sotomayor, voting against patent reform is easy

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Senator Jeff Sessions concluded a piece in USAToday on the nomination of Judge Sotomayor with the text:

I don't believe that Judge Sotomayor has the deep-rooted convictions necessary to resist the siren call of judicial activism. She has evoked its mantra too often. As someone who cares deeply about our great heritage of law, I must withhold my consent.

Along the way, Judge Sotomayor's attempt to rebrand her previously stated judicial approach was, as one editorial page opined, "uncomfortably close to disingenuous."

[Everyone understands Judge Sotomayor will be confirmed.]

Nevertheless, if Senator Sessions can vote against Judge Sotomayor this easily, voting against patent reform is a walk in the park. And, in the case of patent reform, not every Democrat is lined up.

In the House, in the 2007 vote, there were a few Democratic Congressmen (including one from Princeton) that voted thumbs down.

***See previous IPBiz post

Post-grant oppositions: another pothole in the road for patent reform?

Full post as published by IPBiz on July 27, 2009 (boomark / email).