Life Experience and Judicial Perspective Geoffrey R. Stone Huffington Post June 4, 2009
White men are neutral, disinterested and objective. At least, that seems to be the view of those commentators who have attacked Sonia Sotomayor for suggesting that a Latino woman might actually reach better decisions than a white man.
The Next Justice: What Obama Wants Geoffrey R. Stone The Huffington Post May 11, 2009
What criteria will President Obama take into account is selecting his first nominee to the Supreme Court? I think four factors will be especially important to him.
In a piece in Tuesday's New York Times (March 31, 2009), Adam Liptak addressed the alleged "liberal bias" of the American Bar Association in its evaluation of presidential judicial nominees. ("As the Bar Gets Its Voice Back on Judges, Advice May Ring Familiar.")
As one of his first acts of office, President Barack Obama should call for federal legislation ensuring equal rights for all persons in the United States regardless of sexual orientation.