Kagan Leads Sotomayor on Laughs, But Lags in Dissents Plus, which of Obama’s justices is more liberal? Whose case was cited most? And who accused who of of writing in “non-sequiturs”?

Obama’s Judges Have Changed the Face of the 11th Circuit, But Will They Shift Its Politics? Of the five newest judges on one of the most conservative federal appellate benches in the country, four are women—creating for the first time a scenario where a panel could be composed of all women—and the one man is Hispanic, born in Cuba. But the appointees come largely from law-and-order backgrounds.

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