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Sotomayor no stranger to Senate confirmation process
WASHINGTON - Twelve years ago, Sonia Sotomayor went before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, only to face a surprise grilling.
Republican senators quizzed Sotomayor about judicial activism and her rulings in cases about gays and gangs in prisons. They even asked if she had once disrespected Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
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