Sonia Sotomayor

Few judges could claim they love baseball more than I do, for obvious reasons.

Personally, I don't, as a judge, in any way embrace it with respect to judging.

No, that's not the role of the courts. The role of the courts is to interpret the law as Congress writes it.

Certainly there are some very specific words in the Constitution that have to be given direct application.

I never understood her to be attempting to say that those people who disagreed with her were unwise or unfair judges.

Life experiences have to influence you. We're not robots to listen to evidence and don't have feelings.

I can only come to this process...

I do ask tough questions at oral argument.

The court of appeals is where policy is made.

Arbitrary and subjective considerations, such as a judge's feelings about a particular type of crime, should not form the basis of the sentence.

I was not like Justice Ginsburg or Justice Marshall.

To the extent that my words have led some to believe that I think a particular group has--has--is better than another in reaching a decision based on their experiences, my rhetorical device failed.

Enough women and people of color in enough cases will make a difference in the process of judging.

Senators, I look forward, in the next few days, to answering your questions, to having the American people learn more about me.

I think that it's one of the reasons that every President in the last two--or say 20 years, 25 years, has attempted to promote diversity on a basic understanding that our society is enriched by its confidence that our legal system…

I believe that my reputation is--is such that I ask the hard questions, but I do it evenly for both sides.

I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.

I seek to strengthen both the rule of law and faith in the impartiality of the justice system.

In the past month, many Senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. Simple: fidelity to the law.

One, in a tragic, tragic, horrible situation like that, can't feel anything but personal sense of regret, but those personal senses can't command a result in a case.

The job of a judge is to apply the law.

I have confused some statements that Senator Leahy made with this case, and I apologize.

I don't like characterizing the reasons for why Congress acts or doesn't act.

The court is not a legislative body. It is a reviewing body of whether a particular act by a state in a particular case is constitutional or not.

It is a good thing to examine whether or not those biases and prejudices exist in order to be on guard and to set them aside.