Legal Commentary

Actual Legal Reporting On Judge Sotomayor

By Big Tent Democrat

TNR and Jeff Rosen, take note. This is some actual legal reporting on Judge Sonia Sotomayor, from Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSblog:

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is an obviously serious candidate to serve on the Supreme Court. We have been struck by how the amount of commentary about Judge Sotomayor has ignored the most accessible and valuable source of information: her opinions as an appellate judge. Last year, I directed a project in which a team of Akin Gump summer associates extensively reviewed Judge Sotomayor’s opinions. Amy Howe subsequently revised and expanded their work, with contributions by me. Here, we summarize what we regard as Judge Sotomayor’s principal opinions in civil cases. Our only goal is to identify and summarize the opinions, not evaluate them.

A good roundup. And how the discussion sghould have started about the possibility that Judge Sotomayor may be President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court. It is worth a careful read. BTW, Judge Sotomayor will not be chosen by President Obama, imo, because of speeches like the one Orin Kerr reports on here. To me, the speech is unexceptional. to the Village, it will be an outrage. And Obama has shown no inclination to standing up to the Village. Just watch.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 15, 2009 (boomark / email).