Why the Sotomayor Nomination Makes Sense

Balkinization by Jack M. Balkin | May. 26, 2009 (Opinion)

Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor is a good example of how Presidents make Supreme Court appointments: they balance political constituencies they wish to favor or reward and the predicted ease or difficulty of confirmation with their desire to have jurists who will cooperate with their policy initiatives. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: U.S. Supreme Court, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 26, 2009 - 8:24 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - May 26, 2009 - 8:24 AM PDT
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - May. 26, 2009

I feel like my numeric rating of this story belies my overall impression of this piece, which is a good one. But there's not a whole lot of originality here. For the most part, it states the obvious without making any deep insights.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 26, 2009

Balkin looks at what he perceives as Obama's strategies and the logic of picking her for the Supreme Court.

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 by Fabrice Florin - May. 26, 2009
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - May. 26, 2009
Kaizar posted this story.
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  • The Sotomayor Mystery

    Slate by Emily Bazelon | May. 26, 2009 (News Analysis)
    Judge Sonia Sotomayor is smart and sharp, and her formidable track record on the bench should put to rest any lingering doubts that she isn't. (Why was the left, or at least ...
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    SCOTUSblog by Tom Goldstein | May. 26, 2009 (Opinion)
    (Blog Post) A cottage industry – literally an industry, given the sums of money raised and spent – now exists in which the far left and right either brutalize or lionize the ...
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