Abstract
The appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in 2009 was criticized as sacrificing merit on the altar of identity politics. According to critics, Sotomayor was simply [opensmartdoublequote]not that smart.[closesmartdoublequote] For some conservative critics, her selection illustrated the costs of affirmative action policies, in that this particular choice was going to produce a lower quality Supreme Court.
Recommended Citation
Guy-Uriel Charles, Daniel L. Chen & Mitu Gulati,
Sonia Sotomayor and the Construction of Merit,
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Emory L. J.
801
(2012).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/elj/vol61/iss4/6
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