Sotomayor reversed 60% by high court

[bytor2112]

With Judge Sonia Sotomayor already facing questions over her 60 percent reversal rate, the Supreme Court could dump another problem into her lap next month if, as many legal analysts predict, the court overturns one of her rulings upholding a race-based employment decision.

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[MarginOfError]

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Now let’s be fair, bytor, and consider all the numbers.

Mr. Gibbs dismissed questions about Judge Sotomayor's reversal rate, saying she wrote 380 majority opinions during her 11 years on the appeals court. Of those 380 opinions, the Supreme Court heard five of the cases and overturned her on three.

Now consider 5 / 380 = 0.0132. In other words, 1.32% of the majority opinions she wrote went on to the Supreme Court for review.

3 / 380 = 0.0079 – meaning that a total of 0.79% of her opinions have been reversed.

Furthermore, a sampling of 5 cases is rather meager. The 60% reversal rate is even more absurd when considering that SCOTUS only reviews opinions that show good cause for needing review. So you can interpret her work as 1.32% of the time, she writes an opinion that is questionable. When looking at the complete story, I’d say she’s doing pretty well.

It should also be interesting to note that Sotomayor ruled against a challenge of the Mexico City Policy (otherwise known as a global gag rule).

[bytor2112]

Now let’s be fair, bytor, and consider all the numbers.

Now consider 5 / 380 = 0.0132. In other words, 1.32% of the majority opinions she wrote went on to the Supreme Court for review.

3 / 380 = 0.0079 – meaning that a total of 0.79% of her opinions have been reversed.

Furthermore, a sampling of 5 cases is rather meager. The 60% reversal rate is even more absurd when considering that SCOTUS only reviews opinions that show good cause for needing review. So you can interpret her work as 1.32% of the time, she writes an opinion that is questionable. When looking at the complete story, I’d say she’s doing pretty well.

It should also be interesting to note that Sotomayor ruled against a challenge of the Mexico City Policy (otherwise known as a global gag rule).

Thanks for the statistical analysis....... She is a lefty to be sure and we will no doubt end up with her. That will make some happy and some not so much.As for being fair....I posted the story for all to read and judge for themselves.......the title is from the Washington Times, not Bytor.

Edited May 27, 2009 by bytor2112

[DigitalShadow]

She is a lefty to be sure and we will no doubt end up with her.

I had no idea you were so prejudiced against left handed people

[LittleWyvern]

While we're throwing around numbers here's an interesting tidbit I found:

Known as a moderate on the court, Sotomayor often forges consensus and agreeing with her more conservative nominees far more frequently than she disagrees with them. In cases where Sotomayor and at least one judge appointed by a Republican president were on the three-judge panel, Sotomayor and the Republican appointee(s) agreed on the outcome 95% of the time.

Source.

[Moksha]

Three out of 380 decisions? Is that not a 287% reversal rate? Multiplied by 9 Justices that equals over a billion reversals. Look estimates and data filtered through conservatism do not lie. What was Comrade Obama thinking? It has not even been established whether she is descended from Lamanites. All right thinking Americans need to put their feet down on this!

[Moksha]

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