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Sonia Sotomayor: I accepted and applied established Supreme Court precedent that the Supreme Court in its own opinion in Heller…

On the recordMay 7, 2009
I accepted and applied established Supreme Court precedent that the Supreme Court in its own opinion in Heller acknowledged answered a different question.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor affirms her adherence to the Heller decision in her rulings.

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