Under questioning from Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., on day four of her confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor indicated she is likely to follow Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s approach to deciding whether to join the Court's "cert pool." Since 1972, justices who participate in the arrangement pool their clerks for the purpose of summarizing and recommending action on incoming petitions. But the growth of the pool has led to criticism that individual clerks have too much gatekeeping power.
July 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Under questioning from Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., on day four of her confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor indicated she is likely to follow Justice Samuel Alito Jr.’s approach to deciding whether to join the Court’s “cert pool.”
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