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Sonia Sotomayor: My own judgment is that it would seem odd, indeed, if any Justice would sit in review of a decision that they authored.

On the recordMay 7, 2009
My own judgment is that it would seem odd, indeed, if any Justice would sit in review of a decision that they authored.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor discusses the ethics of recusal for justices reviewing their own decisions.

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