Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Rosen v. Sotomayor:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241441130
Jeff Rosen makes [1]"The Case Against Sotomayor." in The New Republic.
The article, subtitled "Indictments of Obama's front-runner to replace
Souter," presents a highly unflattering picture of the Second Circuit
judge. Here's a taste:
despite the praise from some of her former clerks, and warm words
from some of her Second Circuit colleagues, there are also many
reservations about Sotomayor. Over the past few weeks, I've been
talking to a range of people who have worked with her, nearly all
of them former law clerks for other judges on the Second Circuit or
former federal prosecutors in New York. Most are Democrats and all
of them want President Obama to appoint a judicial star of the
highest intellectual caliber who has the potential to change the
direction of the court. Nearly all of them acknowledged that
Sotomayor is a presumptive front-runner, but nearly none of them
raved about her. They expressed questions about her temperament,
her judicial craftsmanship, and most of all, her ability to provide
an intellectual counterweight to the conservative justices, as well
as a clear liberal alternative.
This essay is the first in a series of profiles on potential Supreme
Court nominees. If Rosen's this blunt about Sotomayor, it will be
interesting what he has to say about the other short-listers.
References
1.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085
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