SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE STATEMENT
IN SUPPORT OF
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE SONIA SOTOMAYOR

August 6, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“I support the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

Some of my colleagues have criticized Judge Sotomayor for her views.  I welcome an independent thinker.

Some have criticized her for being a “liberal” in certain cases.  What is wrong with being a liberal?  Do all Supreme Court Justices have to qualify as being conservatives?

I welcome the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Court because she, unlike most members of the Supreme Court, has lived through the experiences of many of our citizens.  She knows what it is to be poor.  She knows what it is to have grown up in public housing. 

I wish her the very best.”