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Temperament of [Sotomayor] called into question
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jul 14, 2009 07:20pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 14, 2009 07:00pm |
| Description | WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor kept her cool Tuesday, even when she was being portrayed at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing as just the opposite — a hotheaded judge who is sometimes mean to lawyers who appear before her.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., raised the subject, citing anonymous comments in the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary from lawyers who called Sotomayor "a terror on the bench" and said she is "temperamental and excitable," abuses lawyers and makes inappropriate outbursts.
Graham acknowledged there were also favorable anonymous comments about the 12-year appeals court veteran, but he didn't repeat them: descriptions of her as "frighteningly smart" with a "very good commonsense approach to the law" and "extremely hard working and always prepared."
Sotomayor said the anonymous comments may be due to her tendency to "ask some questions at oral argument." She called the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan a "hot bench."
"It means they're peppered with questions," she said, explaining that some lawyers find the process of undergoing unpredictable and sometimes contentious questioning "difficult and challenging." |
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