Sonia Sotomayor

Selective History in the Dobbs Dissent

| July 22, 2022

JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer criticizes Justice Sotomayor’s dissenting opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. However, he also appreciates that the dissent does not exclusively rely on historicism.

Breaking the Sotomayor Mold

| February 25, 2022
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Kody Cooper argues that a new Supreme Court justice in the style of Sotomayor would fail to pass the “test of truth” when it comes to abortion, religious liberty, and takings. If the Senate Judiciary Committee cares about truth, it should therefore disavow the Sotomayor mold.

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