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    Obama Touts Sotomayor's Experience in Weekly Address

    Posted:
    05/30/09
    In his weekly radio and internet address, President Obama calls on Congress to move quickly to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court justice. The president reminds us of Sotomayor's rise from humble roots and praises her long legal career, saying, "There has not been a nominee in several generations who has brought the depth of judicial experience to this job that she offers."
    Even as she has reached the heights of her profession, she has never forgotten where she began. She has faced down barriers, overcome difficult odds, and lived the American dream. As a Justice of the Supreme Court, she will bring not only the experience acquired over the course of a brilliant legal career, but the wisdom accumulated over the course of an extraordinary journey – a journey defined by hard work, fierce intelligence, and the enduring faith that, in America, all things are possible.
    Obama also has a message for those on the right working overtime to try and smear Sotomayor:
    There are, of course, some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record. But I am confident that these efforts will fail; because Judge Sotomayor's seventeen-year record on the bench – hundreds of judicial decisions that every American can read for him or herself – speak far louder than any attack; her record makes clear that she is fair, unbiased, and dedicated to the rule of law. As a fellow judge on her court, appointed by Ronald Reagan, said recently, "I don't think I'd go as far as to classify her in one camp or another. I think she just deserves the classification of outstanding judge."
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