In doing so, Sotomayor contended, it ignored both its own precedents and the clear violation of Crawford’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel. As she put it, “The right to direct the goals of one’s ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, questioning whether Americans understand the difference between a king and a president, told a New York Law School crowd Tuesday that improved ...
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Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the ...
NEW YORK – Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is warning that civic education needs to improve so Americans understand the difference between presidents and kings. "I think if people understood ...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s newly released children’s book was inspired, she said, by her late mother Celina Báez Sotomayor’s ability to make “people feel good about themselves.” After Baéz Sotomayor ...
Sonia Sotomayor strongly asserted her adherence to the law while dodging questions about her personal beliefs on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary ...
From left: U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Justice Sonia Sotomayor and University of Vermont president Marlene Tromp. Credit: Pool photo by Catherine Morrissey/For the Burlington Free Press U.S.