Op-ed: ‘Empathy is important in making judgments’
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Opinion
In an op-ed, “Empathy is important in making judgments,” published by the Oakland Tribune, Equal Justice Society board member Prof. Margaret Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University and Marilyn Edelstein, an English professor at the same institution, discuss the notion of empathy in the context of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
Read the piece here.
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NYT: Sotomayor ‘eminently qualified’
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Confirmation Process, Opinion
A New York Times editorial in Monday’s edition expressed hope that the “vote in the full Senate for Judge Sotomayor will be overwhelming and the rhetoric more high-minded.”
“The case being made against her is strikingly weak. Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, said he doubts that she has ‘the deep-rooted convictions necessary to resist the [...]
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