“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
I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York
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congress.gov

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Sotomayor clarifies her stance against using foreign law in American legal decisions.

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