Sonia Sotomayor on Abortion

Another snippet on Justice Sonia Sotomayor's record in criminal cases when she was an appeals court judge on the Second Circuit: Her appellate record in opinions she wrote, as the New Yorker reports based on analysis by University of Texas law professor...(read more)  

Lauren Collins, The New YorkerOn October 6th, at 10 A.M., Neal Katyal, an attorney for the Department of Justice, rose in front of the Supreme Court to argue the government’s position in the matter of United States v. Stevens. Standing at a mahogany lectern, surrounded by marble friezes of lawgivers—Draco, Hammurabi, Marshall—Katyal began his address, which, he announced, would amount to a four-pronged defense of Section 48 of Title 18 of the...  

"Number Nine: Sonia Sotomayor's high-profile debut." Lauren Collins has this lengthy profile of the U.S. Supreme Court's newest Justice in the January 11, 2010 issue of The New Yorker....  

On October 6th, at 10 A.M., Neal Katyal, an attorney for the Department of Justice, rose in front of the Supreme Court to argue the government’s position in the matter of United States v. Stevens. Standing at a mahogany lectern, surrounded by marble friezes of lawgivers—Draco . . .  

Sonia Sotomayor, the newest US Supreme Court Justice, is already known for asking tough questions and not letting anyone push her around. Thank god, writes Lauren Collins, in an in-depth look at Sotomayor's life.  

New York Daily NewsJustice Sonia Sotomayor looking for law not love; still humbled by appointmentNew York Daily NewsThe newest member of the high court told journalists in Puerto Rico Friday that, while she was dating up to last spring, she doesn't expect to find romance ...and more »  

It's her first visit to Puerto Rico since she became a U.S. Supreme Court justice. And Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') wasted no time showing off her Spanish skills and her love of Puerto Rican food. Speaking in Spanish, she said she  

Justice Sonia Sotomayor and actor Esai Morales did some salsa dancing in September at the annual Noche Musical organized by theNational Hispanic Foundation For The Arts at the Corcoran Gallery of Art ...  

On Friday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor told journalists on Friday in Puerto Rico that she is disappointed with the commercialization of her image and, at times, startled by her own celebrity.  

"Sotomayor still overwhelmed by new life in limelight": This article appears today in The Puerto Rico Daily Sun. And The New York Daily News reports today that "Justice Sonia Sotomayor looking for law not love; still humbled by appointment."...  

Keeping with her race-conscious and activist judicial philosophy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made her Supreme Court debut by introducing a pair of new terms aimed at describing illegal immigrants in a more friendly and politically correct way. A former top policy maker at the leftist Puerto Rico Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), Sotomayor used “undocumented immigrant” and “undocumented worker” in lieu of illegal immigrant in her...  

Justice Sonia Sotomayor admits she's a little disappointed by the loss of privacy and other changes that followed her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor and her mother have been touring her parents' homeland, Puerto Rico. There, she  

On an eventful morning at the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued her first opinion as a justice: Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter, involving the attorney-client privilege. As is customary with first opinions, it was unanimous, though Justice Clarence Thomas filed...  

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 shadows to complain about "value judgments." The decision was unanimous, but Justice Clarence Thomas declined to join the part of Justice Sotomayor's opinion discussing why the cost of allowing immediate appeals outweighs the possibility that candid...  

Sotomayor to make 1st Puerto Rico visit as justiceThe Associated PressSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Sonia Sotomayor is visiting Puerto Rico this week for the first time since becoming the US Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice, ...and more »