Tuesday
Jun022009
Sotomayor Meets And Greets Senators
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 6:37PM
By Annie Berman-Talk Radio News Service
Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor met today with ten U.S. Senators on Capitol Hill in the unofficial first step of her confirmation process.
“I asked her about the wise Latina statement,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in reference to controversial statements Sotomayor made at Berkley in 2001 in which she implied that her experience as a Latina would give her better insight into legal decisions than a white male. According to Durbin, she said ‘it’s just one part of me. I’m many different things.”
Sotomayor and Durbin talked about their similar backgrounds, Sotomayor’s education and experience as a litigator. The Senator commented that he was “very impressed” by her qualifications.
The meetings began at 10 o’clock this morning with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor met today with ten U.S. Senators on Capitol Hill in the unofficial first step of her confirmation process.
“I asked her about the wise Latina statement,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in reference to controversial statements Sotomayor made at Berkley in 2001 in which she implied that her experience as a Latina would give her better insight into legal decisions than a white male. According to Durbin, she said ‘it’s just one part of me. I’m many different things.”
Sotomayor and Durbin talked about their similar backgrounds, Sotomayor’s education and experience as a litigator. The Senator commented that he was “very impressed” by her qualifications.
The meetings began at 10 o’clock this morning with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
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