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...addition to working as a judge, taught law at New York and Columbia universities. Also active in numerous pro bono causes...
...Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important than the law as written." - Wendy E. Long, counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network...
...have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up." (New York Times...
...behalf of the American people to carefully scrutinize Ms. Sotomayor's qualifications, experience and record," he said, striking a neutral tone. "Of primary importance, we must determine if Ms. Sotomayor understands that the proper role of a judge is to act as a neutral umpire of the law, calling balls and strikes fairly without regard to one's own personal preferences or political views...
...about. When she did mention human rights, it was in the broad context of international relations, rather than specific criticism of China's record. "In every country, not just China and the U.S., the global climate crisis is best surmounted with transparency and openness, respect for the rule of law and accountability to the people," she said in her Beijing talk...