David Brooks: ‘The Empathy Issue’
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Opinion
David Brooks of The New York Times writes about empathy and why you can’t be a good judge without it:
“People without emotions cannot make sensible decisions because they don’t know how much anything is worth. People without social emotions like empathy are not objective decision-makers. They are sociopaths who sometimes end up on death row.
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Questions on Temperament and Underlying Sexism
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Opinion
Law professor Darren Hutchinson sums up how sexism fuels the criticisms of Judge Sotomayor’s “temperament” saying that the “the reality of sexism (and racism) likely impact the way in which many lawyers evaluate Sotomayor’s tough style during oral arguments.” Read Scalia v. Sotomayor: The Use of Gender-Coded Language to Evaluate a Judge’s “Temperament”.
“Assertiveness in women — [...]
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