The Sotomayor Mystery

Why didn't she explain herself in this year's big race case?

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 the center, criticizing one of its own?) But there is a mystery in Sotomayor's recent history: a brief, unsigned opinion in the difficult race case now before the Supreme Court, Ricci v. DeStefano. Sotomayor punted when Ricci came before her, to such a degree that she raised more ... Full Story »

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Kim Love
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by Kim Love - May. 26, 2009

If the intent of this article is to ask more questions then it answers it has succeeded. Why, in a case with so much at stake for many people did she "punt"

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