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Liberals talk a great deal about "diversity" these days, so it is ironic that so many have lined up in favor of President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland. On important measures, Garland would render the Court less diverse than it is now.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that courts need not throw out evidence of a crime even if the arresting police officer used unlawful tactics to obtain it. But the low-profile case more likely will be remembered for a fierce and personal dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said the decision would exacerbate illegal stops of minorities.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave voice to what hundreds of thousands of people of color have experienced when being stopped and harassed by police. Earlier today, the Supreme Court made a terrible decision to allow evidence obtained by police who've made an unlawful stop be considered in an arrest resulting from that stop.
Can a judge call back a jury to start over, even after they've been dismissed? Ancient tradition said no, viewing the verdict as a kind of magical or divine pronouncement. Thursday, the Supreme Court broke the spell and said yes, it can happen -- but only if jurors haven't checked their phones yet.
Between the moments you'll always remember and the ones you'd rather soon forget, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told University of Rhode Island graduates not to underestimate the cringe-worthy ones. "The 'ah-ha' moment is the first time you gained an insight about yourself or the world around you," she said, delivering the URI commencement speech Sunday.
The problem, Scalia wrote, is that the most serious questions of constitutional law are resolved by a "strikingly unrepresentative" group of attorneys from elite circles. Donald J. Trump's list of eleven potential nominees to the Supreme Court would fix that problem.