My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapola…

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My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage. ✨ White House: Sotomayor Says She Chose Words Poorly in 2001 Remarks. www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2009.
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