Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing, Day 4, Professional Associates

Jul 16, 2009

Senate Committee Judiciary

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice David Souter. Professional associates and colleagues called by both the majority and minority members testified about their impressions of Judge Sotomayor, her record, .. Read More
The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice David Souter. Professional associates and colleagues called by both the majority and minority members testified about their impressions of Judge Sotomayor, her record, and their views of her qualifications for a place on the Supreme Court. Among the topics they addressed were Judge Sotomayor's temperament and legal opinions, as well as her upbringing in the Bronx. Mr. Rivkin spoke extensively about national security issues and the seperation of powers, and Mr. Halbrook talked about Second amendment issues.

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00:02:04 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator WE'LL NOW CALL OUR FINAL PANEL. SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST. OF CONSISTING OF PATRICIA HEINZ, DEAN JOANNE...
00:03:03 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator DO YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE...
00:03:19 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator OUR FIRST WITNESS IS MISS PATRICIA HEINZ. PATRICIA HINES IS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION,...
00:03:47 Hynes, Patricia M.President THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN KAUFFMAN, RANKING MEMBER SESSIONS, AND SENATOR WHITEHOUSE. I AM THE...
00:09:00 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU, MISS HYNES. OUR NEXT WNS IS DEAN JOANNE A. EPS, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY...
00:09:27 Epps, JoAnneProfessor THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SENATOR. SENATOR KAUFFMAN, SENATOR SESSIONS, SENATOR WHITEHOUSE, I'M REALLY...
00:15:36 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU, DEAN EPPS. OUR NEXT WITNESS, HONORABLE JOSE ISARANO. WILL YOU STAND AND BE SWORN. DO YOU...
00:16:18 Serrano, JoseU.S. Representative THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK RUNNING, I'M SORRY I'M LATE. I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCIAL ...
00:16:38 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator NO ONE START IS A CLOCK ON A MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PREMATURELY.
00:16:44 Serrano, JoseU.S. Representative YOU'RE WELL TAKEN CARE OF SENATOR.
00:16:46 Serrano, JoseU.S. Representative SENATOR KAUFFMAN, THANK YOU. SENATOR WHITEHOUSE, THANK YOU, MEMBER SESSIONS, THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR...
00:22:05 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN, HONOR
00:22:06 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator THANK YOU. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
00:22:11 Serrano, JoseU.S. Representative AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALLOWED, I HAVE SOME STATEMENTS I MADE ABOUT HER IN...
00:22:21 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:22:22 Serrano, JoseU.S. Representative THANK YOU.
00:22:24 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator OUR NEXT WITNESS MR. DAVID RIPKEN, DAVID IS A PARTNER IN THE LAW FIRM OF BAKER HOST SET HER ASSOCIATE...
00:22:41 Rivkin, David B. Jr.Attorney CHAIRMAN KAUFFMAN, RANKING MEMBER SESSIONS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY HERE...
00:28:06 Halbrook, Stephen P.Board Member THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN KAUFFMAN, RANKING MEMBER SESSIONS, SENATOR WHITEHOUSE. WE'VE LEARNED THAT JUDGE...
00:33:28 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU, MR. HALBROOK.
00:33:31 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator CONGRESSMAN SERRANO YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR DICT DISTRICT AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL, HOW DO YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING...
00:33:39 Serrano, JoseU.S. Representative IT'S AMAZING YOU ASK THAT QUESTION. I ASSURE THE REST OF THE PACKAGETHE REST OF THE PANEL I DID NOT...
00:35:42 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU.
00:35:45 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator MISS HYNES, HOW DID JUDGE SOTOMAYOR'S EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR AND A COMMERCIAL LIT GATOR AFFECT...
00:35:54 Hynes, Patricia M.President WELL, IT JUST SHOWS HOW WELL ROUNDED SHE IS. I WAS A PROSECUTOR, INDEED, BOB MORGANTHAU POINTED ME...
00:38:17 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEAN EPPS, BASED ON YOUR ANALYSIS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION OF HER RECORD, HOW WOULD...
00:38:29 Epps, JoAnneProfessor THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR. WE ASKED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE JUDGE...
00:39:05 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU. RANKING MEMBER SESSIONS.
00:39:10 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator THANK YOU. CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ELOQUENCE ELOQUENCE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. MISS...
00:41:44 Rivkin, David B. Jr.Attorney YES. I THINK IT'S A TROUBLING OPINION, SENATOR SESSIONS. IT MAY STRIKE SOME PEOPLE AS A TECHNICAL...
00:43:27 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator I'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT IN OUR COMMITTEE. COULD YOU BRIEFLY GIVE ME THIS ANSWER AND SEE IF I'M CORRECT....
00:44:07 Rivkin, David B. Jr.Attorney AND HELD OVERSEAS THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THAT WAS THE TEACHING OF EISEN TRYINGER SOMETHING THAT...
00:44:21 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator SO WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH ACTUALLY RELIED ON THE HISTORIC INTERPRETATION, HE WAS CRITICIZED BECAUSE THE...
00:44:29 Rivkin, David B. Jr.Attorney IS THAT CORRECT. AND THEN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHED LEGAL ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE SESSIONS....
00:44:58 Rivkin, David B. Jr.Attorney AND MIRANDA WARNINGS.
00:45:01 Halbrook, Stephen P.Board Member MR. HARBOR, YOU WROTE THE BRIEF ON BEHALF OF 55 SENATORS, IN FAVOR OF THE -- IN THE HELLER CASE, AND...
00:45:44 Halbrook, Stephen P.Board Member SENATOR SESSIONS --
00:45:45 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator GO AHEAD.
00:45:49 Halbrook, Stephen P.Board Member THE BASIC ISSUE, FIRST OF ALL, THE MEANING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. AND HELLER IS SAYING TO BEAR ...
00:46:55 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE PRECEDENT JUSTIFIED THE DECISION IN MALONEY, AND I THINK WE CAN ARGUE...
00:47:34 Halbrook, Stephen P.Board Member 20,000 FARM LAWS ON THE BOOKS, MOST OF THEM ARE AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL LAW. FEDERAL...
00:48:52 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator THANK YOU.
00:48:54 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator SENATOR WHITEHOUSE?
00:48:56 Whitehouse, SheldonU.S. Senator CHAUNG, CHAIRMAN. HERE WE ARE WITH THE LAST PANEL. LAST WITNESS. LAST QUESTION. OR LAST QUESTIONER,...
00:55:17 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator WELL, THAT'S A GOOD -- YOU'RE A GOOD LAWYER. AND YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS. FIRST...
00:55:24 Whitehouse, SheldonU.S. Senator WE'RE BOTH U.S. ATTORNEYS. WE ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
00:55:31 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator HE'S MY CHAIRMAN OF THE COURT SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT THE -- TWO THINGS I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT. NUMBER ONE,...
00:56:37 Whitehouse, SheldonU.S. Senator I THINK THE RANKING MEMBER IS A VERY GOOD LAWYER. AND HE MAKES A VERY GOOD ARGUMENT. MY ONLY POINT...
00:56:42 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator MAYBE WE OUGHT TO ASK THE EXPERTS.
00:56:44 Whitehouse, SheldonU.S. Senator THE SUPREME COURT HASN'T ACCEPTED THAT ARGUMENT YET. AND UNTIL IT DOES, IT IS AN UNANSWERED QUESTION....
00:57:26 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
00:57:28 Sessions, JeffU.S. Senator IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SERVE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS IS A GREAT PANEL. WHO NEEDS PAT LEAHY. DON'T...
00:59:40 Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.U.S. Senator THANK YOU. THIS HEARING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.
01:01:10 Unidentified Speaker THAT WRAPS UP FOUR DAYS OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. AND THE CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR JUDGE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E.

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