Law Professors Comment on Supreme Court Nomination

The recent resignation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court and often a swing vote on controversial issues, raises concern over the ideological makeup of the court. Several UC Davis School of Law professors, including Constitutional law scholar Alan Brownstein, federal courts expert John Oakley and international criminal law, human rights and constitutional law expert Diane Marie Amann, are available to the media to help sort out the issues. In addition, Associate Dean Kevin Johnson and Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig can offer expertise on the importance of racial and gender diversity for court decision making and former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, who holds the Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality at the School of Law, offers an insider's perspective on court personnel changes. Link and contact information: http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7408