JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: SELECTED OPINIONS

JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: SELECTED OPINIONS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: CIVIL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: THE OPINIONS OF JUDGE SOTOMAYOR

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

Overview

Decisions on the Definition of Disability

Statutory Definition

Judge Sotomayor’s Decisions and Dissent

Title I—Employment

Statutory Provisions

Decisions Written by Judge Sotomayor

Title II—Public Services

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Author Contact Information

End Notes

Chapter 2: JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: ANALYSIS OF SELECTED OPINIONS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

FIRST AMENDMENT: FREE SPEECH

Speech of Government Employees

Prisoner Speech Rights

Student Speech

FIRST AMENDMENT: RELIGION

Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Prisoner Free Exercise Rights

SECOND AMENDMENT: INCORPORATION

ARTICLE I: COMMERCE CLAUSE

ARTICLE II: EXECUTIVE POWER

CIVIL RIGHTS: GENERALLY

CIVIL RIGHTS: INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

ELECTION LAW

Ballot Access

Voting Rights Act and Felony Disenfranchisement

ABORTION

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Exemption 5

Exemption 6

CRIMINAL LAW

Fourth Amendment

Reasonableness of a Search or Seizure

Exclusionary Rule

Police Immunity

Sixth Amendment and Habeas Corpus

Jury Selection

Right to Counsel

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

Hague Child Abduction Convention

Alienage Jurisdiction

Common Law Revenue Rule

LABOR LAW/ANTITRUST

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

SECURITIES LAW

Preemption by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act

Deference to SEC

Insider Trading: Misappropriation Theory

Standing

Sarbanes-Oxley

TAXATION

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS AND BIVENS ACTIONS

AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION

End Notes

Chapter 3: THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: A REVIEW OF SECOND CIRCUIT DECISIONS RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

SUMMARY

Mexico City Policy

Involuntary Family Planning Practices and Applications for Asylum

Municipal Liability and Anti-Abortion Demonstrations

Author Contact Information

End Notes

CHAPTER SOURCES

INDEX