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June 22, 2009   VOL. LXI, NO. 11

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Undue Deference
Among the doleful consequences of our last elections is that our future is highly likely to include “Justice Sotomayor.” The question is whether Senate Republicans, who were also elected, should be complicit in her elevation. “No” is a reasonable answer to that question. By Ramesh Ponnuru

ARTICLES


Judging from Experienceby Andrew C. McCarthy
Sonia Sotomayor’s rhetoric and rulings give cause for alarm

States of Mindby Jay Nordlinger
Some notes on Sotomayor, race, and nagging questions of identity

Regulated to Deathby Sam Kazman
Obama’s CAFE standards will prove bad for business and lethal for consumers

Cuban Hopesby Otto J. Reich & Orlando Gutierrez
The people find their voice -- but will the world help the Castros silence it?

Undue Deferenceby Ramesh Ponnuru
The wisdom of opposing Sotomayor

Integration Nowby Abigail Thernstrom
The Supreme Court should scrap an antiquated and unconstitutional rule

Obama’s Playbook, in Paperbackby Jonah Goldberg
Liberal Fascism and its critics

Mexico’s Cartel Warsby Mario Loyola
In some ways, the nation’s rampant violence is a sign of progress

     BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS


How It WasJohn O’Sullivan reviews Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement, by Richard Brookhiser

Can We Outlast the Contradictions?William Voegeli reviews Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect, by Paul A. Rahe.

Reconsiderations: The Other O’Connor — Terry Teachout returns to the novels of Edwin O’Connor.

Film: . . . and Away!Ross Douthat reviews Up.

City Desk: Attention Getting — Richard Brookhiser endures a publicity tour.

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Letters
The Week
The Long View
Poetry
Happy Warrior


COVER: ROMAN GENN

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