She's Lying
Paul Campos is a professor of law at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Even some liberals are frustrated by Sonia Sotomayor's carefully plotted answers this week. The Daily Beast's Paul Campos on how she's denying the truth about our legal system.
Sonia Scores a KO
Scott Horton is a law professor and writer on legal and national security affairs for Harper's Magazine and The American Lawyer, among other publications.
Not even the roughest-and most leading-questions from the GOP peanut gallery could derail Obama's Supreme Court nominee Tuesday. As Scott Horton argues, she's cruising toward confirmation.
Sotomayor: The Drinking Game
Tom Goldstein practices at Akin Gump and teaches Supreme Court litigation at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. He has argued 21 Supreme Court cases. He founded and manages SCOTUSblog, which is devoted to coverage of the Court. He also spends time working with Sony Pictures Television on a TV series about his practice. Tom has been named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and one of the 90 greatest lawyers in Washington in the past 30 years.
Today's confirmation hearings don't have to be a total snooze-so crack open a beer and let the buzz words start flying, says Tom Goldstein, who has argued more than 20 Supreme Court cases and is founder and manager of SCOTUSblog. Who'll be the first to say empathy?
Sotomayor: The Movie
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Sonia Sotomayor's life story is ready-made for Hollywood. Who will play her and the other Supremes? VIEW OUR GALLERY of the dream cast.
Sotomayor Reactions
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Daily Beast contributors on President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
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