Criminal Law

The Sotomayor Nomination
The best analysis I’ve seen so far of the politics of the Sotomayor nomination is SCOTUSblog, The Dynamic of the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. I don’t agree with every word, but the key points seem right: Obama has the votes for this;That won’t stop the interest groups from going berserk, because that’s what they do and they get rich off it;Key Republicans will take a dive because the costs of opposition are too great; The Republicans, and the interest groups, will exact payback on the next one.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor
I commend President Obama?s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor’s experiences and understanding of the law will assure a strong voice for fairness on the Supreme Court...

Sen. Leahy Praises Judge Sotomayor Nomination
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a statement this morning praising President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Here is the text of Sen. Leahy's statement: While visiting with our troops in Afghanistan today, President Obama called to...

Courts - Judge Sonia Sotomayor is President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee
Updating this entry from earlier this morning, the nomination is now official. If you did not see the President's nomination...

Stuart Taylor on the Politics of the Sotomayor Nomination
He writes: "But the political payoff of naming the first Hispanic justice -- and a woman to boot -- seems to me the key. This is a shrewd nomination politically, if not necessarily a good one jurisprudentially, and not only...

President Obama Nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
President Obama has chosen Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Federal Appeals Court as his nominee for the Supreme Court, officials said on Tuesday, and has scheduled an announcement for 10:15 a...