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On the recordDecember 31, 2008
Judge Sotomayor puts the rule of law above everything else. Judge Sotomayor has hewed carefully to the text of statutes, even when doing so results in rulings that go against so-called sympathetic litigants.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer praised Sotomayor's commitment to the rule of law during her confirmation hearing.

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