re: #362 lawhawk

Two ways to read that - the Supreme Court overruled 60% (3 of 5) of those cases brought before with Sotomayor being the author of the opinion, or that less than 1% of her cases were overturned (3 out of 380 opinions) (which is how Obama will spin it).

The truth is actually somewhere in the middle since there were several written opinions at the District Court level that went on to be overturned and upheld by the US Supreme Court (Tasani comes to mind).

Even if you consider that 3 of 5 cases were overturned, that actually is the norm given the Court’s overall reversal rates.

The One says she is “brilliant”, so it must be.