A Retired NY Judge Looks at Sotomayor's Dissent

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 23, 2016

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent in the court's ruling on stop-and-frisk in Utah v. Strieff.

The Honorable Shira Scheindlin, who in a 2013 ruling found that the New York Police Department had resorted to a “policy of indirect racial profiling” in carrying out stop-and-frisk in minority communities and ordered sweeping reforms, weighs in on Sotomayor's comments.

Scheindlin is a retired United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, a member of the Litigation Practice Group and an arbitrator/mediator at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, discusses Sotomayor's remarks.

Now: Judge Shira Scheindlin (who ruled NYPD's stop+frisk = racial profiling in 2013) talks #SCOTUS and Sotomayor. pic.twitter.com/lvNXb1ejwW
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We, as 2 white people, don’t understand how frequent these stops are.
–retired Judge Scheindlin on stop + frisk and Sotomayor’s dissent
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BREAKING: Supreme Court ties 4-4 on Obama administration's DAPA immigration program.
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With High Court Evenly Split, Obama's Immigration Actions Remain On Hold https://t.co/k5ACaFRCil
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