Before the Judiciary Committee
The Senators Question Judge Sotomayor
From July 13 to July 16, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer portion of the hearings. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN [TX-R]: You wrote in 2001 that neutrality and objectivity in the law are a myth. You said that you agreed that “there is no objective stance, but only a series of perspectives, no neutrality, no escape from choice in judging.” Would you explain what that means? SONIA SOTOMAYOR: In every single case, and Senator [Lindsey] Graham [SC-R] gave the example in his…
