A More Perfect Union Nov/Dec 2009

Now that Sonia Sotomayor has been sworn in as the newest associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, some reflections are in order. How much do we really know about how she is likely to rule on certain key issues that will come before the Court? In a New York Times blog on July 17, Times correspondent Adam Liptak said the hearings “were notable for how little they added to the public’s und