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• Audio: DeMint, Meese Townhall on Sotomayor Hearings

  Posted July 16th, 2009 at 4:42pm in Rule of Law with 4 comments

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• Morning Bell: The Judicial Oath vs Sonia Sotomayor

  Posted July 13th, 2009 at 9:27am in Rule of Law with 32 comments

  I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God. - [...] More

• Depends on What Your Definition of ‘Advice and Consent’ Is

  Posted June 4th, 2009 at 2:19pm in Rule of Law with 4 comments

  There are some who believe that the president, having won the election, should have complete authority to appoint his nominee and the Senate should only examine whether the justice is intellectually capable and an all-around good guy; that once you get beyond intellect and personal character, there should be no further question as to whether [...] More

• N.Y. Times: Sotomayor Ignores Inconvenient Laws

  Posted May 27th, 2009 at 8:20am in Rule of Law with 5 comments

  In its editorial today endorsing Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the New York Times makes a bizarre claim that, if true, is extremely troubling. Sotomayor, the paper claims, has not only “repeatedly displayed the empathy” espoused by President Obama, but gone a step further: “She has shown little patience for the sort [...] More

• On Net, No Change? Not Quite

  Posted May 26th, 2009 at 5:46pm in Rule of Law with 0 comments

  Eight hours later, and it’s already become an old canard: Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s elevation to the High Court won’t affect its balance one bit. It may be an effective talking point—the Left seems to think so—but it isn’t true. Consider just one area of law, business law. As concerns businesses and economic matters, Justice David Souter [...] More

• Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor in Her Own Words

  Posted May 26th, 2009 at 3:57pm in Rule of Law with 58 comments

  Issues Facing Latino Judiciary symposium sponsored by the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, October 2001: I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn’t lived that life. Yet, because I accept the proposition that, [...] More

• Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor on Whether Judges Make Policy

  Posted May 26th, 2009 at 10:43am in Rule of Law with 18 comments

  Follow Heritage’s continuing coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court. More

• ‘Advice and Consent’ Takes Time

  Posted May 26th, 2009 at 10:32am in Rule of Law with 10 comments

  This morning, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. While this may seem like the culmination of a long process, it actually marks just the beginning–really, the very first step–of the confirmation process laid out in our Constitution. President Obama’s aggressive confirmation timetable–he is [...] More

• Judge Sotomayor on Whether Judges Make Policy

  Posted May 5th, 2009 at 10:51am in Rule of Law with 17 comments

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