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Sonia Sotomayor: “The court is not a legislative body. It is a reviewing body of whether a particular act by a state in a particular case…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
The court is not a legislative body. It is a reviewing body of whether a particular act by a state in a particular case is constitutional or not.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor explains the Supreme Court's role in reviewing state actions for constitutionality.

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