Jon Kyl actually said...

Have you always been able to have a legal basis for the decisions that you have rendered and not have to rely upon some extra-legal concept such as empathy or some other concept other than a legal interpretation or precedent?

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Kyl questions Sotomayor about her reliance on legal principles versus personal empathy in rulings.

05/07/2009

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