Comments on: Transparent Justice: The Sotomayor Nomination and Judicial Transparency http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/07/12/transparent-justic/ Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:17:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Thacker http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/07/12/transparent-justic/comment-page-1/#comment-97103 John Thacker Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:33:50 +0000 http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/?p=9954#comment-97103 Judge Sotomayor's panel in the <em>Ricci</em> case issued their ruling in an unpublished summary order. The 72-page District Court ruling that her panel relied on was unpublished, too. (If it had been published, then an unpublished order affirming would be more understandable.) Unpublished rulings do not contribute to legal transparency. Her extremely short opinions in <em>Didden v. Port Chester</em> (an eminent domain case where the town took land from one person who wanted to build a Walgreen's and gave it to another developer to build a CVS) and <em>Maloney v. Cuomo</em> (re: incorporation of 2nd Amendment under the 14th) also failed to discuss both sides of quite open legal issues, something that works against transparency and the public's legal understanding. Finally, I have severe issue with her ruling in <em>Doninger v. Niehof</em>, where she upheld the power of a school system to punish a student for a blog posting written outside of school grounds and not during school time. Judge Sotomayor’s panel in the Ricci case issued their ruling in an unpublished summary order. The 72-page District Court ruling that her panel relied on was unpublished, too. (If it had been published, then an unpublished order affirming would be more understandable.) Unpublished rulings do not contribute to legal transparency.

Her extremely short opinions in Didden v. Port Chester (an eminent domain case where the town took land from one person who wanted to build a Walgreen’s and gave it to another developer to build a CVS) and Maloney v. Cuomo (re: incorporation of 2nd Amendment under the 14th) also failed to discuss both sides of quite open legal issues, something that works against transparency and the public’s legal understanding.

Finally, I have severe issue with her ruling in Doninger v. Niehof, where she upheld the power of a school system to punish a student for a blog posting written outside of school grounds and not during school time.

]]> By: Ashleigh http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/07/12/transparent-justic/comment-page-1/#comment-96870 Ashleigh Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:20:52 +0000 http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/?p=9954#comment-96870 Presente Action -- with the support of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee -- is airing Spanish-language ads in key congressional districts in Florida, holding Republicans accountable for racist remarks toward Sotomayor. You can chip in to keep the ads on the air at: www.DenunciaRush.com. Every 100 people who give $25 will keep the ads on the air another day. Let's show Republicans that racism has consequences. Presente Action — with the support of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee — is airing Spanish-language ads in key congressional districts in Florida, holding Republicans accountable for racist remarks toward Sotomayor. You can chip in to keep the ads on the air at: http://www.DenunciaRush.com. Every 100 people who give $25 will keep the ads on the air another day. Let’s show Republicans that racism has consequences.

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