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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: Live Stream

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reine.de.tout7/14/2009 10:50:55 am PDT

re: #273 NoWhereAlaska

okay:
“All of the legal defense funds out there, they’re looking for people with Court of Appeals experience. Because it is Court of Appeals is where policy is made,” she said. “And I know, and I know, that this is on tape, and I should never say that. Because we don’t ‘make law,’ I know. [Laughter] Okay, I know. I know. I’m not promoting it, and I’m not advocating it. I’m, you know. [More laughter] Having said that, the Court of Appeals is where, before the Supreme Court makes the final decision, the law is percolating. Its interpretation, its application.

It’s the part after the part you bolded that’s important. Her first choice of words was very clumsy, and she knew it, and came back and clarified somewhat.