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This was the twelfth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's ... Most joined by: Kagan (16) Least joined by: Barrett (2 in full, 1 in part) Type Case Citation ...
Williams v. Hobbs • []: 562 U.S. 1097 (2010) habeas corpus • evidentiary hearings • preservation of issues on appeal : Ginsburg: Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari of a judgment reversing the granting of a habeas petition after an evidentiary hearing.
Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ ˈ s oʊ n j ə ˌ s oʊ t oʊ m aɪ ˈ j ɔːr / ⓘ, Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ]; [1] born June 25, 1954) [2] is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
This is the backdrop for Justice Sonia Sotomayor's opinion Tuesday arguing that the Supreme Court may need to reevaluate the confines of that legal doctrine—absolute prosecutorial immunity ...
The case is one of several the court heard in its current term involving conservative and business-led attacks on the power of federal agencies. The court’s 6-3 conservative majority is often ...
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari in a case involving the murder conviction and death sentence of an African-American in Texas state court. During the sentencing phase, a psychologist had improperly testified that blacks were more likely to be violent.
In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against ...
This was the thirteenth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on ... Most joined by: Kagan (22) Least joined by: Thomas, Alito (5) Type Case Citation ...