Dean and Professor of Law Nora V. Demleitner along with Eric M. Freedman, Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, were quoted in the following May 27, 2009 Newsday articles about U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Four area law school deans praise Sotomayor
Compiled by Chau Lam

EXCERPT:
Demleitner was among several women mentioned by NPR as a long-shot contender for the seat.

"The president was true to his word. He said he wanted a person with a great judicial mind and at the same time has a common touch and I think Judge Sotomayor does combine the two of them. She has a great legal career - from the district attorney's office all the way to the Second Circuit. . . . She definitely strikes me like somebody who can create and form majorities, which I think is very important. . . . I think she will bring that kind of down-to-earth type of personality to the court. And, she's obviously very bright and on the Second Circuit you see many of the major legal questions before you. She has had time and opportunity to think about them already."

Sotomayor's 2001 speech: Ethnicity, gender help her as judge
By John Riley

EXCERPT:
"Her analytical approach is to see how a case fits into existing doctrines, not to look for some new doctrine," said Eric Freedman, a constitutional law professor at Hofstra Law School.