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COLORADO CAMPAIGN FOR INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE. TO DOUBLE OUR CO- SPONSOR -- THANK ARE CO-SPONSOR IN THIS -- THE COLORADO CAMPAIGN FOR INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE....
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FROM FIVE DENVER-AREA STUDENT LEADERS AT THE CENTER MICROPHONE. AFTER THEIR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, WE WIL OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS FROM ALL...
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EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON PUTTING THIS WONDERFUL EVENT TOGETHER? AND DO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE -- YOU TOUCHED MY HEART IN A DEEP AND PROFOUND WAY....
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DIFFERENT LIVING FROM THE BRONX TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY? >> THE FIRST WEEK I WAS IN PRINCETON, I SPENT VIRTUALLY EVERY NIGHT LOONG FOR THE CRICKE
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WHO WAS MAKG NOISE IN MY ROOM. [LAUGHTER] THE ONLY CRICKET I HAD EVER SEEN WAS IN A CARTOON ABOUT "JIMINY CRICKET." I KNEW IT HAD LONG LEGS AND MADE ...
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| 00:10:22 |
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I AM A FRESHMAN YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER. IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ON THE THE 18 --
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DEBATE TEAM. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DEBATE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW THAT IMPACTED YOUR EDUCATION AND HOW IT IMPACTED YOUR EVENTUAL NOMINATION...
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UP AT A LOCAL COLLEGE SOMEWHERE -- NOT SO LOCAL. ONCE WE TRAVELED TO BUFFALO, GOT SNOWED IN, AND DECIDED I WOULD NEVER GO NORTH FOR COLLE. AND I DID...
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| 00:14:09 |
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AS A LAW STUDENT, I WILL ASK A LEGAL QUESTION. SINCE MIRANDA VERSUS ARIZONA WAS DECIDED IN 1966, A LONG LINE OF DECISIONS HAS ERODED PRODUCTIONS PERSONS...
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AUDIENCE -- OR YOUNG LAWYERS TO BE, WHEN I START TALKING TO MY LAW CLERKS ABOUT LEGAL RESEARCH, THE FIRST THING I TELL THEM TO DO IS TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM...
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WHAT IS THAT? HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE? >> HIGH SCHOOL.
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CULTURAL ISSUES SUCH AS
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IMMIGRATION AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE OFTEN MAKE IT TO THE COURT. SHOULD THE COURT CONSIDERED THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF THE NATION IN VARIOUS DECISIONS?...
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THAT WE'RE CHARGED WITH NOT CONSIDERING THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE TIME. WE'RE CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT BELONGS COMMAND -- THE...
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| 00:26:08 |
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PURSUE A CAREER AS A CORPORATE ATTORNEY. WHAT CHALLENGES DID YOU FACE AS A CORPORATE LITIGATOR, BOTH IN GENERAL AND IN TERMS OF YOUR ETHNICITY? THANK...
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CORPORATE WORLD WAS THAT MY GREATEST PROBLEM WAS THAT I DID NOT HAVE ACCESS PREVIOUSLY TO PEOPLE IN PLACES OF POWER SO THAT I COULD MAKE THE CONTACTS...
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BLUE SECTION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR. I'M A SENIOR AT ABRAHAM
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| 00:31:10 |
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LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS AN HONOR TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. IN YOUR REMARKS ON MAY 2000 -- MAY, 2009, YOU SAID AND THE ALONG THE LINES OF, "ARE AT...
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| 00:32:05 |
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BECAUSE THEY EXCLUDED BLACKS AND EXCLUDED WOMEN. IT WAS NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE EAL. THE PRINCIPLE, OBVIOUSLY HAS CHANGED. WE HAVE GROWN INTO A SOCIETY BORNE...
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| 00:34:26 |
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I COME FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I AM A SENIOR. WHAT GAVE YOU THE MOTIVE TO BECOME --
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TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE? >> I AM THE MOST STUBBORN PERSON YOU CAN IMAGINE. [LAUGHTER] I REALLY MEAN THAT. WHEN I
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| 00:34:59 |
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WAS LITTLE, MY FAMILY USED TO TALK ABOUT ME BEING SO HARD-HEADED. I KNOW HOW TO WORK AND COMPROMISE ON ISSUES BETWEEN PEOPLE. WHEN IT COMES TO ME AND...
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PINK SECTION. >> HI. I AM AND 8 GREATER -- AN
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EIGHTH GRADER. HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATED YOU TO BE JUDGED ON THE SUPREME COURT? -- TO BE A JUDGE ON THE SUPREME COURT? >> LET ME...
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| 00:39:07 |
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WHITE HOUSE. I WAS GOING TO GET READY TO GO MEET THE PRESIDENT AND HAVE HIM ANNOUNCE MY NOMINATION. AS I WALKED INTO THE ROOM WHERE WE WERE GOING TO...
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| 00:42:45 |
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AMA A SENIOR AT THE CONTEMPORARY LEARNED ACADEMY. THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US
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| 00:42:55 |
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TODAY. THE ODDS YOU HAVE OVERCOME OUR EXTRAORDINARY. -- ARE EXTRAORDINARY. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY ARE BEING HELD BACK...
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| 00:43:21 |
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BUT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN GETTING INTO DEBT FOR EDUCATION. FOR ME, THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT LONG-TERM, THEN GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION THAT YOU...
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| 00:46:18 |
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WONDERING WHAT WAS YOUR MAIN GOAL THAT YOU WANTED TO ACHIEVE BY BECOMING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MOST INFLUENCE? THANK YOU. >>...
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| 00:46:43 |
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I DIE, WHAT IS THE LEGACY THAT I WANT PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT? THAT IS THE ONE PREPARATION QUESTION THAT I HAD THE MOST DIFFICULTY WITH. I WILL EXPLAIN...
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| 00:49:17 |
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DENVER CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. I AM A JEW NEAR THERE. -- I'M A JUNIOR THERE. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SACRIFICE YOU HAVE HAD TO MAKE IN YOUR LIFE...
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| 00:49:49 |
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WAS TAKING THIS JOB WHEN I KNOW THAT I AM ON THE TAIL END OF MY MOTHER'S LIFE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE YOUNG YEAR, YOU PROBABLY CANNOT APPRECIATE THAT....
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THERE IS -- AS I SAID TO YOU EARLIER TODAY, THERE IS NO BLACK-AND-WHITE LINE. IT IS ALL
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| 00:52:29 |
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VERY MUCH A GRAY AREA. HOW MUCH THE COURTS WILL PERMIT, BUT CONGRESS TO GO IN TERMS OF WAS THAT IT PASSES, EACH A STATUTE WILL RAISE A DIFFERENT SET...
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| 00:53:25 |
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DID YOU EXPERIENCE AGREES TO PROFILING -- DID YOU EXPERIENCE CIAL PROFILING? IF SO, HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THAT? >> NOT IN THE WAY THAT MANY OTHERS DO....
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| 00:53:47 |
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SKIN TONE. THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO AVOIDING PROFILING. IT IS NOT LIKELY -- I CAME OV THE BORDER WITH A FRIEND MANY YEARS AGO AND SHE WAS A MEXICAN-...
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| 00:56:50 |
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THANK-YOU JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR AND THANKED ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. >>
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.