CONGRESS

The Missing Case For Empathy

Democrats need to lay out clearly a progressive judicial philosophy, experts say.

by Amy Harder

Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009


The stage seemed set for a full-throated defense of liberal judicial philosophy. But that never happened in Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Will Democrats pay the price later?

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