“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMay 7, 2009
American law does not permit the use of foreign law or international law to interpret the Constitution.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Sotomayor clarifies that U.S. law prohibits using foreign law for constitutional interpretation.

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