June 5, 2009 10:42AM 

# More on Sotomayor 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Cato adjunct scholars on Judge Sotomayor:

- [Harvey Silverglate](https://www.cato.org/people/harvey-silverglate) looks at the Supreme Court nominee’s [free speech](http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/84404-Sotomayors-mixed-message-on-free-speech/) record.
- [Richard Epstein](https://www.cato.org/people/richard-epstein) compares the libertarian and conservative [criteria](http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/01/sonia-sotomayor-nomination-opinions-columnists-conservatives.html) for Supreme Court nominees.

Today’s *Wall Street Journal* reports that Sotomayor’s record on criminal justice issues put her to the [right of David Souter](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124415867263187033.html). Good grief — that would mean that for Sotomayer just about all the barriers on state power come tumbling down: structural safeguards like enumerated powers, non-delegation, separation of powers *and* the limits pertaining to police and prosecutorial powers.

For more background, go [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10260) and [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10197).

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