Sonia Sotomayor

As I said, I haven't examined those cases recently enough to be able to answer your question, Senator.

It's simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make law. It's to apply law.

To me, that's a core responsibility of lawyering.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would reach wise decisions.

The Doctrine of Starry Decisis which means stand by a decision, stand by a prior decision, has a basic premise.

I was trying to inspire them to believe that their life experiences would enrich the legal system.

under no circumstance should the judiciary become the hand maiden of the executive.

It's often said that I grew up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium.

I owe who I have become as a lawyer and who I have become as judge to Mr. Morgenthau

I would be, again, if I was fortunate enough to be confirmed, a new voice in the discussion.

It's important to use simple words.

Exactly, sir. We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.

All precedents of the Supreme Court I consider settled law subject to the deference with doctrine of stare decisis would counsel.

I believe what my record shows is that I follow the law.

Chevron speaks to agency action or interpretation, but ultimately the task of a court is to give deference to what Congress wants.

International law and foreign law will be very important in the discussion of how we think about unsettled issues in our own legal system.

As I said, Senator, I just haven't looked at those cases to analyze it.

No, sir. Absolutely not.

The one thing I have found is that if you come into the criminal justice system on a prosecutorial or defense level thinking that you can change the ills of society, you are going to be sorely disappointed.

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says; we should do honor to it.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experience, would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion than a white male.

To promote the civil rights and equal opportunity of Hispanics in the United States.

Kelo is now a precedent of the Court. I must follow it.

It is our Constitution that makes that dream possible and I now seek the honor of upholding the Constitution as a Justice on the Supreme Court.

Given who I am, my love of the law, my sense of importance about the rule of law, how central it is to the functioning of our society, how it sets us apart as many Senators have noted, from the rest of the world, have always created a…