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...lower court decided in favor of the city. In February 2008, Sotomayor was part of a three-judge panel that upheld the lower-court decision in a very brief ruling. Four months later, she was part of a 7-6 majority that decided not to rehear the case before the full appeals court. Writing for the six dissenters, Judge Jose Cabranes, a Clinton appointee who has been something of a mentor for Sotomayor, said the majority "failed to grapple with the questions of exceptional importance raised in this appeal." The three-judge panel's "perfunctory disposition," he wrote, contained...
...scored high enough to be promoted. A lower court decided in favor of the city. In February 2008, Sotomayor was part of a three-judge panel that upheld the lower court's decision. Four months later, she was part of a 7-6 majority that decided not to rehear the case before the full appeals court. (See pictures of Judge Sonia Sotomayor...
...four justices support the Pentagon’s position, they could then order the full court—including Alito—to rehear the case, according to Fallon...
...controversial rulings Roberts has joined as a federal judge came down earlier this month, when the court said that prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay are not protected by the Geneva Convention and can be tried by military commissions. Roberts dissented in 2003 when his own court refused to rehear Vice President Dick Cheney's appeal to keep secret records from the meetings of his energy task force. Cheney had argued that handing over such documents would violate executive privilege...
...turkeys browning in the oven, the Florida Supreme Court took a holiday from activism and took Miami-Dade off the table. "The court has considered the writ? and denied it without prejudice," declared court spokesman Craig Waters just before 3 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving Day. "No motion to rehear will be allowed." There was no further comment...