Sotomayor's Most Notable Decisions: What Do You Think?

By U.S. News Staff

July 13, 2009 RSS Feed Print
(Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)

Slideshow: Sotomayor's 13 Most Notable Decisions

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nearly 17 years on the federal bench means that she could bring more federal judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice in a century. As a judge on the U.S. Appeals Court for the Second Circuit, Sotomayor has heard more than 3,000 court cases and written more than 380 majority opinions. Her long judicial record means that she's tackled some of the nation's most hot-button issues from abortion to affirmative action.

Share your thoughts on Sonia Sotomayor's 13 most notable decisions in the comments section below.

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Despite the endorsements and testimony by some fellow jurists and the legal community at her confirmation hearings of her judicial expertise and balance, Judge Sotomayor seems to demonstrate a persistent reluctance to apply the basic concepts of US legal precedence in her rulings. This is troubling because legal precedence is at the heart of our common law system. In contrast, the Judge seems to willingly embrace "novel" legal concepts outside the norm that are more in keeping with the application of European legal approaches to contemporary US problems as if we were already under a world-wide system of government. The vast majority of Americans would not agree that contemporary European legal concepts meet the needs of our citizens or our legal system. Even more troubling is Judge Sotomayor's unwillingness to recognize the inconsistency of her legal analyses with the very system she has sworn to uphold. We are not yet governed by the United Nations or the World Court, as much as Democratic Progressives would wish. I hope that in her new role, Judge Sotomayor does not feel compelled to adopt their solutions to our problems. One can only hope that the gravity of her new role will encourage her to embrace and apply legal concepts that are more in keeping with the basic values of our citizenry. Time will tell.

A. de Graffenreid of NC 7:39AM November 16, 2009

She isn't qualified, affirmative action has resulted in unqualified public servants throughout government and many industries, thus poor service and lousy performance.Tests should be required in this case and if they don't pass to bad they shouldn't get the job,has nothing to do with race or discrimination. She was appointed by a liberal and is a liberal. She is a learning justice at this new highest level.Made good media coverage for Obama seems like he will do about anything for that media coverage. I believe he has set a record for fundraising and campaigning while in Office as President in US History

BH of OH 7:51PM November 06, 2009

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