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On the recordMay 7, 2009
It is our Constitution that makes that dream possible and I now seek the honor of upholding the Constitution as a Justice on the Supreme Court.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor expresses her desire to uphold the Constitution as a Supreme Court Justice.

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