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Sonia Sotomayor: No, sir. In that case we were talking about, and deciding, an issue of whether the agency had followed its own…

On the recordMay 7, 2009
No, sir. In that case we were talking about, and deciding, an issue of whether the agency had followed its own procedures in changing policy.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor clarifies her judicial approach regarding agency policy changes.

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