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On the recordMay 7, 2009
if the number one standard that conservatives use and apply is judicial modesty and humility, no activism on the Supreme Court, they should vote for Judge Sotomayor unanimously.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy urges conservatives to support Sotomayor for her judicial modesty.

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