[tips] Sotomayor and biased judgment

2009-07-16 Thread Gerald Peterson
One issue that has emerged from the always-biased, political hearings for Sotomayor is the contention that a judge's decision can be/or at least should be, made without being biased by personal history, experience, political leanings, etc. She stressed this, while the Republicans want to say

RE: [tips] Sotomayor and biased judgment

2009-07-16 Thread Wuensch, Karl L
and was not allowed to let that knowledge influence my decision. Cheers, Karl W. -Original Message- From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:45 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Sotomayor and biased judgment One