Judges May Be Less Liberal Than They Appear

Emily Bazelon over at Slate has the goods on a Sotomayor case that those of us with a concern about the cops and civil liberties will find disturbing. I'm mostly interested in a point that's received scant attention in something Emily raises, which I havent seen explored much by the press--How Sotomayor's time as a prosecutor shaped her thinking:

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/05/judges-may-be-less-liberal-than-they-appear/18493/