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    6.03.2009

    sotomayor | point counterpoint | chemerinsky somin

    LATIMES.com Sotomayor Debate -- "Do race and gender matter for the Supreme Court?" "Today's topic: Much has been made of the fact that Sonia Sotomayor would be the first Latina justice, and sitting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she feels "lonely" as the only woman on the bench. How much, if at all, does the ethnic and gender diversity of the Supreme Court bench matter?

    Point Erwin Chemerinsky [Dean, UCI School of Law]

    Counterpoint Ilya Somin [Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason U School of Law; Volokh Conspiracy blogger]

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