Sotomayor reflects on her American life journey.
05/07/2009
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It's often said that I grew up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium.
American law does not permit the use of foreign law or international law to interpret the Constitution.
under no circumstance should the judiciary become the hand maiden of the executive.
In every case I approach, I start from that working proposition and apply the law to the facts before it.