American - Judge | June 25, 1954 -
I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered.
Sonia Sotomayor
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With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that.
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I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
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Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land', in most instances they're not even law.
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Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.
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It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law.
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We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.
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I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law.
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No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.
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All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.
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I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals.
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If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out fairly, I can live with the results, whatever they may be.
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