http://washingtonindependent.com/44428/sotomayors-controversial-2002-comment-is-supported-by-recent-academic-studiesSotomayor’s ‘Controversial’ Comments Backed Up By Academic Research
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If, deprived of their context, these statements sound controversial, in the context of her lecture, titled “A Latina Judge’s Voice,” they made perfect sense.
Sotomayor’s view that judges are influenced by their background and experiences is backed up by studies that show that women judges, for example, tend to rule in a way that’s more sympathetic to plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases than male judges do — probably because, having experienced discrimination themselves as they struggled to advance in a male-dominated profession, they’re more attuned to its signs.
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