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The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.
Sonia Sotomayor
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Sonia Sotomayor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 25
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
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My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
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Outside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying homosexuals benefits or imposing burdens on them? Is there any other rational decision-making that the government could make? Denying them a job, not granting them benefits of some sort, any other decision?
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The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.
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It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.
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There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.
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In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house.
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I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.
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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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My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control.
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You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
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Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.
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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t hide within it.
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I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.
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I am a very spiritual person. Maybe not traditionally religious in terms of Sunday Mass every week, that sort of thing.
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When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.
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I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
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As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he died of AIDS. Would I and my brother have been able to resist the lure of drugs in the surrounding schools? Who knows.
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When you have strong views about how to approach thinking about the law, then that view is going to lead to certain results in certain situations. And so people seem to think this predictability is based on some kind of partisan political view. But it's not.
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