The Wall Street Journal reports that the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Senator Jeffrey Sessions, attempted to discredited Judge Sotomayor by invoking the judicial philosphy of Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, who “believes that judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices.”
Sessions seems unaware that Cedarbaum was present in the chamber and is a friend of Judge Sotomayor, who also professes agreement with Cedarbaum.
The Wall Street Journal goes on to report
In 1986, Cedarbaum and Sessions were both nominated to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan, and were members of the same orientation class for future judges. Their paths then diverged, however. Cedarbaum was confirmed, but Sessions nomination floundered over a controversy surrounding comments he made involving the Ku Klux Klan and the NAACP.
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