01:790:104 Lecture Notes - Appellate Jurisdiction, United States Domestic Policy Council, Sonia Sotomayor
7 Mar 2014
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15 electoral votes: electors in nj do not have to cast their vote for the winner by law, state party committee meets within one week of national party convention, committee members vote on nominated electors, not general public. Who is there now? (all catholics and jews!: chief justice- john roberts, samuel alito, antonio scalia, anthony kennedy, clarence thomas, stephen breyer, ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor, elena kagan. Sonia sotomayor: first latina nominee, served as 2nd circuit of appeals in manhattan. 3rd woman to serve: graduated from princeton university and yale university"s law school, where she was an editor of the. Yale law journal: assistant district attorney in manhattan, then private practice, then federal appointment, religious groups were objected to birth control mandate so sotomayor temporarily blocked part of act from passing. Elena kagan: served solicitor general 2009-2010, when the supreme court has a case and it is us v. something, someone has to be the lawyer for the federal government.
