Sen. Jeff Beauregard Sessions (R-Confederate States of America) was going to work Sonia Sotomayor over for not having the same judicial philosophy as federal Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, a Reagan appointee, who, said Sessions, “believes that judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices.”
How convenient that Judge Cedarbaum just happened to be present at the confirmation hearings! Judge Sotomayor must have enjoyed responding, “My friend Judge Cedarbaum is here. We are good friends, and I believe that we both approach judging in the same way, which is looking at the facts of each individual case and applying the law to those facts.”
Cedarbaum told Washington Wire: “I don’t believe for a minute that there are any differences in our approach to judging, and her personal predilections have no effect on her approach to judging.” Whatever staffer is responsible for getting Judge Cedarbaum there today ought to get a raise.
Isn't this reminiscent of the Woody Allen movie, Annie Hall, where he and Diane Keaton are standing in line to go to the movies, and overhear a conversation about Marshall McLuhan, and Woody says, "I happen to have Marshall McLuhan right here." McLuhan says, "You sir know nothing of my work...How you got to teach a course in anything is beyond me."
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