Sonia Sotomayor: “I will not use foreign law to interpret the Constitution or American…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009

I will not use foreign law to interpret the Constitution or American statutes.

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Sotomayor asserts her commitment to using American law in judicial decisions.

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