Sonia Sotomayor
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Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Not Going Commando Underneath Her Robe
One day, after I had been questioned for weeks at a time, I was so frustrated I looked at my assistant and said ‘I think they already know the color of my underwear.’ — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, complaining about the intrusive questioning she was subjected to during the Supreme Court nomination process, in an appearance […] -
Non-Sequiturs, Sean Combs, Sonia Sotomayor, Williams Mullen
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.11
* Professor Carlton Larson has a great new paper exploring possible constitutional limitations on state laws regulating baby names. Could parental rights to name a child “Dumb Motherf**ker,” “Preserved Fish,” or “Latrina” be protected by the First Amendment? [SSRN via Legal Blog Watch] * Speaking of the Wise Latrina, Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a fan […] - Sponsored
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Politics, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Will SCOTUS Go to the SOTU This Year?
Tomorrow night, many of us will tune in to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address — hoping to catch more catfighting than on an episode of Jersey Shore. Last year’s SOTU did not disappoint drama-seekers. As you may recall, an Article II vs. Article III smackdown took place: President Obama chided the Supreme […]
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Law Professors, Quote of the Day, Richard Epstein, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Epstein on the Empathy Queen
Unfortunately, her reasoning has matters exactly backwards. She defers to government officials who regulate private conduct, but attacks those who run government facilities. That basic mindset shows bad intellectual judgment which will lead to a decline in economic and social fortunes that no amount of compassion can cure. — Professor Richard Epstein, in a piece […] -
Animal Law, Morning Docket, Outsourcing, Pets, Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 12.28.10
* Demand for attorneys well-versed in animal law is on the rise as pet owners push for recognition of their pets as family members rather than ordinary property. Which reminds me of my dog Rascal. He ate his own crap, licked furniture, and once peed on a baby. And when he died, my parents looked […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Boutique Law Firms, Election Law, Politics, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Sonia Sotomayor
Under the Shingle: 11.15.2010
Welcome to the second installment of Under the Shingle, an occasional round-up of news and musings from the world of small firms and solo practitioners. In other words, you get a break from me — mostly. I’ve added a bit of play-by-play to explain and connect these links, which cover such topics as the intersection […] -
Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Video games, Violence
Quote of the Day: Is Justice Sotomayor a Trekkie?
Does the statute cover depictions of violence against Vulcans? — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, asking whether video violence against “an image of a human being” could be extended to human-like figures, during oral arguments for Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association. -
Elena Kagan, Non-Sequiturs, Sonia Sotomayor
Non-Sequiturs: 09.10.10
* Gawker is now offering Donald Trump money to shut up. You could say that Gawker is not getting any consideration in this deal, but you’d be very wrong. [Gawker] * Alice Lingo, the lawyer-turned-cleaning-lady we posted about yesterday, has a Biglaw background. [Law Shucks] * Professor Jonathan Adler has a detailed write-up of Sonia […] - Sponsored
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Elena Kagan, Martha Minow, Politics, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Solicitor General's Office, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Congratulations to Associate Justice Elena Kagan!
This should not come as a huge surprise, but Solicitor General Elena Kagan was just confirmed by the Senate as to be the 112th justice of the United States Supreme Court. Kagan, the first woman to serve as Solicitor General, is the fourth woman ever to serve on the Court. CORRECTION: I replaced “as” with […] -
Elena Kagan, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Elena Kagan v. Sonia Sotomayor: Who Wore It Better?
As I noted in my liveblogging of Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings, Solicitor General Kagan decided to wear the same outfit that then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor wore to day one of her confirmation hearings: an electric blue blazer over a black blouse. A reader who was also struck by this sartorial similarity sent us a photographic comparison. […] -
Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
An Amusing Oral Argument: Justice Thomas Opens His Mouth, and Justice Sotomayor Struggles With Math
Sorry, we didn’t mean to get your hopes up (or maybe we did). The famously sphinx-like Justice Thomas did not ask a question at oral argument yesterday — but he did open his mouth and emit hearty laughs. From CNN: Sometimes the most complicated of cases at the Supreme Court brings out the best arguments. […] -
David Souter, Eyes of the Law, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: Justices Souter and Sotomayor
Justice David H. Souter may be gone from the Supreme Court, but he has not been forgotten. He still gets recognized in public, for example. From an ATL reader in Beantown: After a day of toil for a client adamantly opposed to paying for nighttime cab rides home, I walked to Boston’s Park Street subway […] -
Contests, Fabulosity, Reader Polls, Sonia Sotomayor
ATL's Lawyer of the Year: The Winner
Voting has concluded in our LAWYER OF THE YEAR contest. From over 160 comments, we developed a slate of ten nominees. Over 1,600 votes later, we have a winner. With so many worthy competitors, the voting was close. These were your top three vote-getters, each with over 15 percent of the vote: The Anonymous Laid-Off […]
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Celebrities, Clerkships, Media and Journalism, New Yorker, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor Has Star Power
The most recent New Yorker features a profile of the newest resident of the High Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Given the tone of the piece, you might think One First Street is turning into Melrose Place. Journalist Lauren Collins describes Sotomayor as “the first celebrity Justice”: a “diabetic, a divorcée, a dental-bill debtor, a person […] -
Barack Obama, Contests, Dreier, H. Rodgin Cohen, Harvey Miller, Layoffs, Reader Polls, Sonia Sotomayor
ATL Lawyer of the Year: The Nominees
Thanks to everyone who submitted possible nominees for our Lawyer of the Year award. We reviewed your 160+ comments and developed a slate of ten worthy candidates. Before we reveal them, we’ll talk about a few folks we passed over. A number of you suggested Mike Leach, the lawyer turned football coach who was recently […] -
SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor
Black Firefighter Sues New Haven
In late June, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of white New Haven firefighters and their claims of racial discrimination. The SCOTUS decision in Ricci v. DeStefano overturned an earlier decision by then-2nd Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Given the SCOTUS decision, I should have seen the lawsuit by a black New Haven firefighter coming. It’s […] -
Sonia Sotomayor
Nobody Puts Baby Sonia Sotomayor in a Corner
Just last week SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor was spotted cutting a rug at the Irish Channel Pub in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. This week, she’s on the dance floor again, but this time the location is a bit more upscale. From the Reliable Source at the Washington Post: The annual gala of the National Hispanic Foundation […] -
Eyes of the Law, Fabulosity, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: Partying with Sonia from the Block
Sometimes stereotypes are true. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s first Latina justice, loves to dance — and she’s pretty darn good at it, too. Consider this comment — posted back in May 2005, about then-Judge Sotomayor — from Underneath Their Robes: In October [2004], attended the wedding of two law school classmate, one of […] -
Morning Docket, Sonia Sotomayor
Morning Docket 09.09.09
* Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor officially took her seat at One First Street yesterday. [Caucus Blog/New York Times] * Jennifer Lopez is not Sotomayor’s only music industry friend. Ricky Martin was among the attendees at the ceremony yesterday. [Washington Post] * Maybe you can start billing that Facebook time. [Bloomberg] * Could GPS bracelets […]
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Eyes of the Law, Food, Shopping, Sonia Sotomayor
The Eyes of the Law: Justice Sotomayor at Trader Joe's
When Justice Sonia Sotomayor needs to stock up on her beloved rice, beans and pork, where does she go? One might peg the Supreme Court’s newest member — a liberal, a lawyer, a Greenwich Village resident — as a typical Whole Foods customer. But perhaps Justice Sotomayor, in a show of support to the president […]