Dean Johnson Praises Sotomayor Confirmation in Daily Democrat
Dean Kevin R. Johnson commented for Woodland's Daily Democrat on the Senate's confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Dean Johnson said the confirmation of the first Latino on the Court was "very special to a community that's coming of age in the United States."
Dean Johnson further praised Justice Sotomayor as a nominee whose experience "even dwarfs the experience of Chief Justice Roberts."
Kevin R. Johnson is dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis School of Law. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.