Sonia Sotomayor actually said...

It's simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make law. It's to apply law.

Sotomayor emphasizes the importance of judges applying the law rather than creating it.

05/07/2009

More Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

if we can opt out of even 'subtle' messages, chaos will reign and student learning will suffer.

excuses (once again) the government’s undisguised contempt for the judiciary.

I agree with Justice Jackson that the president cannot restructure federal agencies in a manner inconsistent with congressional mandates.

The President can’t restructure federal agencies inconsistently with congressional mandates.