August, 2009

Statement of Doug Kendall, President, Constitutional Accountability Center, on the Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States

August 10, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 26, 2009
CONTACT: Doug Kendall, 202-296-6889

Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) applauds President Obama’s historic nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. While CAC’s review of Judge Sotomayor’s record is continuing, we already know that she is a brilliant lawyer who is committed to ruling based on the Constitution and the law, not on her own personal political views. As Judge Sotomayor herself stated in a recent dissenting opinion: “The duty of a judge is to follow the law, not to question its plain terms.”

Statement of Constitutional Accountability Center on the Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. Supreme Court Decision June 8, 2009

August 10, 2009

Today, the Supreme Court affirmed a simple truth: the Constitution gives to every person the right to an unbiased judge in a fair court. On behalf of 28 national and state organizations concerned with judicial reform, Constitutional Accountability Center filed an amicus brief in Caperton explaining that our Constitution’s text and history require that in every state, throughout America, we have a fair system of justice.