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Sotomayor Issues First Opinion

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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Sotomayor Issues First Opinion

The Supreme Court handed down several decisions today, including the first written by Justice Sotomayor. In keeping with tradition, it was a unanimous decision, although Justice Thomas issued a concurrence. The case was Mohawk Industries V. Carpenter, an attorney-client privilege case in which the Court upheld the lower court’s ruling that a federal [...]

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Sotomayor Emerges as the Court’s Most Prolific Questioner

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Sotomayor Emerges as the Court’s Most Prolific Questioner

Nobody expected her to be a wallflower, but Justice Sotomayor has exceeded expectations when it comes to questioning lawyers during oral arguments. In a report issued by the National Law Journal, Sotomayor came out on top in the number of questions asked so far this term with 146. Chief Justice Roberts followed with [...]

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