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"Hearings Are Window Into Judge's Acumen"

"Hearings Are Window Into Judge's Acumen": Adam Liptak has this news analysis today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains an article headlined "Nominee Says Identity Wouldn't Distort Decisions" and an op-ed by columnist Maureen Dowd entitled "White Man's Last Stand."

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage and James Oliphant report that "Sotomayor answers her Senate critics in hearing; The Supreme Court nominee explains the legal bases for her past rulings, reassuring supporters if not winning over conservatives." In addition, law professor Peter H. Schuck has an op-ed entitled "Court sense: Analyzing justices on ideological grounds is far too simplistic."

In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined "Sotomayor Grilled by Panel; High Court Nominee Distances Herself From Obama's 'Empathy' Comments." Naftali Bendavid has an article headlined "Supreme Strategy: Stick to the Script." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Defining Activism Down: A liberal vote cast in conservative judicial rhetoric."

Joan Biskupic and Kathy Kiely of USA Today have articles headlined "Sotomayor pressed on ethnicity and gender; Says judgments not based on 'personal experiences'" and "Sotomayor skillfully fields Senate panel's volleys; Republican says nominee 'very charming.'" The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Beyond Sotomayor's 'Latina' gaffe, consider her record."

The Washington Times reports that "Sotomayor disavows 'wise Latina' remark; Republican inquisitors skeptical about her racial impartiality." And Armstrong Williams has an op-ed entitled "Sotomayor's nomination doesn't reflect her past."

In The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an op-ed entitled "A Price for Sotomayor: In the Senate, the Deference Wars Never End."

David Lightman and Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers report that "Sotomayor explains her 'wise Latina' comment."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has articles headlined "Sotomayor won't budge on 'reverse discrimination' ruling; The Supreme Court nominee said Tuesday that she had to follow legal precedent; Critics in the Senate sharply disagreed" and "Sotomayor: 'wise Latina' a bad choice of words; But during Tuesday's hearing, the Supreme Court nominee demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of the law and jurisprudence."

And law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "During Senate Questioning, Sotomayor Explains Controversial Statements, Defends Rulings."

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 15, 2009 (boomark / email).