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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
GREETINGS. [APPLAUSE] .. WHO IS LAUNCHING HER FIRST BOOK, EMMA MARK CALLED "MY BELOVED WORLD." PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND VIDEO TAPING IS...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
IN 2009, I MET A WHOLE BUNCH OF TEXANS FROM EVERYWHERE IN THIS LARGE STATE AND I HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY INVITED TO VISIT, AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET A NEW...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
GOOD. >> WE ARE STILL
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
GOOD? HOW MUCH MORE DO I HAVE? I WILL GO ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. I'M REAL GOOD AT THAT. WE HAD A LONG TALK BEFORE AND I SAID TO HIM, BE STRONG. WHEN I...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
DONE. [APPLAUSE] >>
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
WHY DON'T YOU SCAN THE AUDIENCE SO I CAN HAVE A DRINK OF WATER? I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC OUGHT TO SEE THIS. THANK
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
YOU. >> WELL DONE. >> THANK
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
YOU. WHY DO YOU TELL PEOPLE WHERE THE QUESTIONS CAME FROM? >> DATE CAME FROM YOU NOW
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
ON MINE AND -- ON LINE AND MANY E-MAILED THEM. >> SO OTHER PLACES
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE? >> YES, THANK
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU HAVE DONE ME A LOT
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
OF GOOD TODAY. YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD ADVISER. THANK YOU ,-COM,-COM MA AND I'M STRONGER ALSO. [LAUGHTER] THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK "MY BELOVED WORLD" IS...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
THERE IS A LINE THAT TALKS ABOUT RETURNING TO MY BELOVED WORLD, AND MY WORLD IS NOT PUERTO RICO ALONE BUT PUERTO RICO IS AN IMPORTANT SLICE OF IT I...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
FOR PHRASE THAT CAME UP IN YOUR CONFIRMATION HEARING AND IT'S IN SOME OF YOUR SPEECHES. WISE LATINA WOMAN. WHEN I HEARD THAT I FELT THERE WAS MORE TO...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
BEEN MANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THAT PHRASE AND MY USE OF IT. AND WITH PEOPLE DIDN'T APPRECIATE IS WHERE I CAME FROM. AND WHERE I CAME FROM WAS BEING...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
MOVING FROM THE BRONX TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY FROM ONE WORLD TO ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF CULTURE SHOCKS, HE DESCRIBED IT AS A STRANGER IN STRANGE LANDS...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
I'VE DONE IN A DESCRIBED IN MY BOOK AND EVERY JUNCTURE OF MY LIFE IS I HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE FROM THE LATINO COMMUNITY I HAVE JOINED LATINO GROUPS. I...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
YOUR BOOK AND I THINK IT STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN YOU WEREN'T SURE HOW TO DO IT AND YOU SOUGHT OUT THE SMARTEST KID IN CLASS AND ASKED HER HOW TO...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN ONE'S LIFE. THE FIRST PASSAGE I WROTE ABOUT WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MENTORS IN MY LIFE AND THAT...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
IS A MYSTERIOUS AND SECRETIVE WORLD TO MOST OF US. HOW ABOUT SHARING A TYPICAL DAY AND WHAT THE COURT LOOKS LIKE? >> IF I SAY IT MOST OF
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
YOU WON'T WANT THE JOB. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, WE SPEND MOST OF OUR DAYS READING. WE READ BRIEFS. WE READ AMICUS BRIEFS WHICH ARE BRIEFS BY FRIENDS OF...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
THE QUESTION NOT BASED ON YOUR PERSONAL LIKES OR DISLIKES FOR THE TRUE INTERPRETATION YOU'RE TAUGHT IN. SO THE PROCESS COULD SEEM BORING TO THE OUTSIDER...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
POPULAR QUESTION SUBMITTED IS HOW DO THE JUSTICES GET ALONG? [LAUGHTER] I KNOW RELATIONS AMONG YOU ARE DEEPLY COLLEGIAL. SO I AM WONDERING WHETHER THE...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
IF YOU COME INTO THE PROCESS APPRECIATING EVERY SINGLE JUSTICE ON THE COURT HAS A PASSION AND LOVE FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND COUNTRY, THEN YOU KNOW, IF...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
A STAND WITH THE INITIAL CONFERENCE YOU TAKE TURNS A CANNOT SPEAK AGAIN UNTIL IT COMES AROUND
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
TO USE. >> TO MAKE SURE NOBODY HOGS UP ALL THE TIME. [LAUGHTER] ON WEDNESDAYS, OF THE VOTE ON THE CASES WE HEARD ON A MONDAY. ON FRIDAY, WE DISCUSS...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
YESTERDAY'S INAUGURATION. [APPLAUSE] THE INTEGRATION REMINDS US OF THE POWER OF THE CONSTITUTION. WHY DOES IT WORK? IT'S REMARKABLE A GUIDING DOCUMENT...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
BECAUSE OUR FOREFATHERS DID NOT WRITE A DOCUMENT OF THAT KIND BUT THEY RODE IT TO LAST. THEY DID THAT BY TRYING NOT TO DEFINE, BUT TO USE TERMS AND CONCEPTS...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
YOU ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION? ANY TRENDS ARE ISSUES YOU MIGHT HAVE YOUR EYE ON? [LAUGHTER] >>Guest:
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
ARE YOU A LAWYER? [LAUGHTER] MANY. WITH THIS IS NOT THE FORUM TO TALK ABOUT IT. BUT WITH THE RECENT ELECTION HAS GIVEN ME GRATIFICATION. OUR FOREFATHERS...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
QUESTION. TAKING YOU BACK TO YOUR NOMINATION COME IN THE PERIOD FROM YOUR NOMINATION TO THE SWEARING-IN, TO THE SUPREME COURT, WAS THERE A MOMENT THAT...
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Sotomayor, Sonia - Associate Justice
I THINK I SPOKE ABOUT IT EARLIER. THE MOMENT WHEN I REALIZED HOW EXTRAORDINARILY SPECIAL MY MOTHER WAS. YOU TAKE THE PEOPLE WE LOVE FOR GRANTED. THEIR...
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Morton, Randall - President and Founder
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR DID YOU FOR A BEAUTIFUL EVENING. HERE IS A GIFT FROM US. [APPLAUSE] >> IN
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