Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has written her first opinion for the Supreme Court -- and she already has made a difference. As the N.Y. Times observed, "Justice Sotomayor’s opinion in the case, Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter, No. 08-678, marked the first...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Sonia Sotomayor just penned her first opinion on a case as a Supreme Court Justice. The Court's decision was unanimous, Sotomayor laid out the facts - but Clarence Thomas had to emerge from the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TigerHawk (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Justice Sotomayor has rendered her first opinion, and it spoke for a unanimous Court. The headline story describes a "retort" from Justice Thomas, but that is hardly the newsworthy bit if you are a conservative (we certainly hope Justice Thomas would issue a "retort"!). No, you have to get to the last two paragraphs for the good stuff:In an otherwise dry opinion, Justice...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Mohawk v. Carpenter...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The Supreme Court released its first four decisions in argued cases this term on Tuesday. They were all minor, but one was notable for being Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court debut and for prompting a testy concurrence from Justice Clarence Thomas. The case concerned whether federal trial-court rulings concerning the lawyer-client privilege may be appealed right away. Justice Sotomayor,...
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
"Sotomayor Draws Retort From a Fellow Justice": Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times....
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Co...
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Co...
culturekitchen (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Language matters in politics , especially in this digital age when repetition and redundancy are all what's needed to establish the use of a term as eternally acceptable in the mainstream. Case in point: "Illegal Alien" is a nativist, bigoted and even bordering on racist term that has become common parlance in mainstream media. It's with great pride then that I see how Justice Sotomayor...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Yesterday, the Supreme Court “released its first four decisions in argued cases this term,” including one marking Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s debut. The case concerned “whether federal trial-court rulings concerning the lawyer-client privilege may be appealed right away,” to which Sotomayor said no. The New York Times notes one particularly noteworthy part...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term.
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term. It was also Sotomayor's first opinion as a Supreme Court justice. She joined the court in August. Sotomayor read aloud the opinion she wrote...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON -- Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term.
