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Sonia Sotomayor: “What you want is for us to tell you how, as a judicial nominee, we are going to rule on the important issues you find…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
What you want is for us to tell you how, as a judicial nominee, we are going to rule on the important issues you find vexing. Any self-respecting judge who comes in with an agenda that would permit that judge to tell you how they will vote is the kind of person you do not want--you do not want as a judge.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor warned against judges who come with a predetermined agenda.

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