President Obama yesterday named Sonia Sotomayor as his choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring David Souter.
She has been a judge since 1992 and an appellate judge since 1998. But critics may find their best ammunition against her in speeches she has made, not in her legal opinions.
NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports.
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