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Republicans: Sotomayor must assure her neutrality
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 12 - 07 - 2009


Republican senators on Sunday said they
will press Sonia Sotomayor at her Supreme Court
confirmation hearings this week to explain public comments
that they say raise doubts about her ability to judge cases
fairly, according to AP.
Yet the Republicans are unlikely to be able to derail
Sotomayor's confirmation in the Democratic-controlled
Senate. Republicans acknowledged they must be careful in
their approach to the veteran federal judge who rose from
poverty in a New York City public housing project to the
verge of being the first Hispanic justice on the high
court.
President Barack Obama, just returned from a week-long
overseas trip, called his Supreme Court nominee from the
Oval Office to wish her luck at ther confirmation hearings
that begin Monday.
The White House said Obama complimented Sotomayor for
making courtesy calls to 89 senators and told her that he
is confident she will win Senate approval.
But Sotomayor is likely to face tough questioning from
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on
the committee, said that in speeches over the past 10
years, Sotomayor has said repeatedly that personal
experiences influence a judge's decisions.
«She has criticized the idea that a woman and a man would
reach the same result. She expects them to reach different
results. I think that's philosophically incompatible with
the American system,» Sessions said.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, also a committee
member, said he plans to ask Sotomayor about her comment in
2001 that she hoped a «wise Latina» would often reach
better conclusions than a white male without similar
experiences. The statement, he said, «was not an isolated
comment» and that it is «antithetical to the whole idea
of the rule of law.»
Cornyn also pointed up the potential political pitfalls
for Republicans in confronting Sotomayor too aggressively.
«A third of my constituents are Hispanic, and I understand
that what they want, and what every nominee deserves, is
for the nominee to be treated with respect. And we will,»
he said.
Cornyn and Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who also
represents a sizable Hispanic population, described
Sotomayor's life in identical terms as a great American
success story.
Obama chose the 55-year-old Sotomayor, whose parents are
from Puerto Rico, after Justice David Souter announced his
retirement. If confirmed, she is not expected to change the
balance of power on the court. Souter was among the court's
four liberal justices. There are four reliably conservative
justices, with right-of-center Justice Anthony Kennedy
holding the balance of power.
The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Democratic Sen.
Patrick Leahy of Vermont, said Sotomayor's 17-year record
on the bench shows her to be a «mainstream judge.»
Also Sunday, Sotomayor picked up the endorsement of the
International Association of Police Chiefs, adding to the
show of support from the major U.S. law-enforcement
organizations.
Sessions and Leahy spoke Sunday on CBS television's «Face
the Nation» while Cornyn appeared on «Fox News Sunday.»
McCain appeared on NBC's «Meet the Press.»


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