Obama names Sotomayor to Supreme Court

It's good to see Obama nominate a new face on U.S. Supreme Court. Some interesting comment and writting from web related to this news:

Quote from comment on Obama names Sotomayor to Supreme Court - MarketWatch

Its sad that in Obama's and in Sotomayor's comments, the word "Constitution" didn't appear once. Isn't that what a Supreme Court justice is suppose to do?

Sotomayor nominated to high court — first Hispanic - Yahoo! News

Given her background, any effort to filibuster her nomination could carry political risks, since Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the population and an increasingly important one politically.

Sotomayor's Record: The Ricci Effect

The California Supreme Court on Proposition 8

California Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban (Update2) - Bloomberg.com
News release (PDF) from California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court Opinion on docket# S168047 Strauss v. Horton 5/26/09 SC (PDF)

Advice from one who failed bar exam 47 times: Try again, again and again

It is an interesting article from California Bar Journal.

Advice from one who failed bar exam 47 times: Try again, again and again
By Diane Curtis

For those 3,940 lawyers who failed last July's bar exam, Maxcy Filer has some advice: Try, try, again. And again and again and again and... Filer speaks from experience. Forty-eight times he sat for the three-day exam in testing rooms from San Francisco to San Diego. Forty-seven times he flunked. Forty-seven times his wife Blondell or one of his seven children, who were given the task of opening all State Bar results mail, informed him that he hadn't passed.

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May 2009

This month, I am focus on review torts. I'm trying to do at least 10 questions every day and one essay per week. On multiple choice questions, I'm using the Adaptibar. On essay, I write the spotted issues before I read the sample answer. The question and answer essays from Cal Bar are useful.