SONIA ON SETTLING: THE NEW JUSTICE EMPHASIZES AGREEMENT

摘要

In her July confirmation testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor briefly emphasized her view on driving cases toward settlement, rather than protracting litigation processes. President Barack Obama's first U.S. Supreme Court nominee-confirmed, 68-31, on Aug. 6., and sworn in as the Court's newest justice on Aug. 8-highlighted some of the benefits of early case resolution when she was grilled at the Senate hearings on her lengthy track record as a federal judge, which included 11 years as a Second U.S. Circuit Court judge.