In Tuesday's confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court Senator Jeff Sessions, discussing Sotomayor's vote not to rehear en banc the appeal in Ricci v. DeStefano, made the following statement to the judge:
"You voted not to reconsider the prior case. You voted to stay with the decision of the circuit. And in fact your vote was the key vote. Had you voted with Judge Cabranes, himself of Puerto Rican ancestry, had you voted with him, you could've changed that case."
This comment by Sessions can be viewed here, in a posting that also notes that Judge Cabranes also served on the board of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. Why is that relevant? Sessions has ciritcized Sotomayor for serving on that very same board.
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