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Sonia Sotomayor: “We start with the assumption that it is for Congress, not the federal courts, to articulate the appropriate standards to…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
We start with the assumption that it is for Congress, not the federal courts, to articulate the appropriate standards to be applied as a matter of federal law.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor emphasizes Congress's role in setting legal standards, not the courts'.

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