Bender comments about Sotomayor
<p>Professor and Dean Emeritus <a href="http://www.law.asu.edu/Apps/Faculty/Faculty.aspx?individual_id=23">Paul Bender</a> of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law recently was quoted by <i>The Arizona Republic</i> as saying U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's background as a New York prosecutor might make her more conservative on criminal-procedure questions than retired Justice David Souter.</p><separator></separator><p>"You might disagree with her decisions, but there's no hint of her saying, `I'm going to do what I want to do and who cares what the law says and who cares what Congress says,'" Bender told Republic reporter Dan Nowicki. "She doesn't have any agenda, as far as I can tell. She's not a flaming liberal."</p><separator></separator><p>To read the full article, click <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/12/20090… style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-size: 9pt" lang="EN">Janie Magruder, <a href="mailto:Jane.Magruder@asu.edu"><font color="#0000ff">Jane.Magruder@asu.edu</font></a><br />(480) 727-9052<br />Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law</span></p>