Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Yale Law Journal Forum
Volume
123
Publication Date
2014
Keywords
Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Race Relations, Racial Politics
Abstract
During the Senate confirmation hearings for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, concerns were persistently raised about her ability to be impartial. Conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh and many others railed against her nomination, proclaiming on talk radio broadcasts from coast-to-coast that she is a reverse-racist and nothing less than anti-white. A review of the Supreme Court record of race-related cases demonstrates Justice Sotomayor’s continued commitment to her stated judicial philosophy of fidelity to the law, inasmuch as she has not sought the unilateral imposition of her own personal racial policy preferences but has instead worked as a team player to scrupulously apply legal precedents, rules of standing and Congressional intent.
Recommended Citation
Tanya K. Hernandez,
Sotomayer's Supreme Court Race Jurisprudebce: 'Fidelity to the Law', 123 Yale L. J. Forum 1
(2014)
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