President Barack Obama's announcement that he wants federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter comes as something less than a shock. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Not exactly. The article focus on the issues behind the lawsuits mentioned, not on the issue before the court, the issue actually ruled on. In Ricci v. Destefano, the court was asked to determine whether the city was within its legal right to not certify the test. The court drew on precedent to rule that it was. In Maloney v. Cuomo the court again ruled using precedent. To do otherwise would have been the dreaded judicial activism. A little more research would have ferreted out this information. Eigher that, or the author chose to ignore this.
At this point all indications are that Judge Sodomayer relies on precedent and is a judicial moderate. We'll find out more in time. She does appear to be in favor of campaign finance reform however, a somewhat moderate stance, though there are those on both sides of the aisle who do.