Cardin Votes for Judge Sotomayor to be the Next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

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Cardin Votes for Judge Sotomayor to be the Next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

I want to thank Chairman Leahy and Senator Sessions for the positive and fair manner in which they conducted these hearings. I believe each one of us had the opportunity to ask as many questions as we wanted. Democrat or Republican, we had ample time to pursue the information that we thought was relevant in evaluating Judge Sotomayor's qualifications.

I believe Judge Sotomayor's background and her professional accomplishments will add strength, balance and leadership to the Supreme Court. Her personal story of an immigrant family, the value of education, and a driven work ethic, is an inspirational story about one path to success in our nation.

Judge Sotomayor's command of legal precedent and her ability to challenge attorneys in their legal arguments will bode well for reaching the right decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States. Her leadership ability in forging consensus among the judges in the Second Circuit will be a talent that I also think will be very helpful. She is mainstream in her judicial decisions and opinions and she possesses a correct sense of the role of a judge in deciding a case based on sound legal precedent and the facts, giving due deference to Congressional intent.

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