Sotomayor Hearing Pits ‘Bias’ Against ‘Empathy’

Amid the posturing by senators on both sides of the aisle, the outlines of a long-running debate over the role of judges in the American legal system emerged on the first day of the confirmation hearing of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Whether judges are neutral, “objective” arbiters of the law or More…

Leahy Warns Sotomayor Opponents Against Ethnic and Race-Based Attacks

In his opening statement, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) noted that Thurgood Marshall, despite the fact that he graduated first in his law school class, was a highly successful U.S. Solicitor General and had a long list of extraordinary achievements, was grilled during his Supreme Court nomination with More…