SEN. GRAHAM: .... And we got a long way to go in this country. And I can't find the quote, but I'll find it here in a moment, the "wise Latino" (sic/Latina) quote. (Pause.) Do you remember it? (Laughter.)
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: Yes.
SEN. GRAHAM: Okay. Say it to me. Can you recite it from memory?
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: I —
SEN. GRAHAM: I got it.
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: (Laughs.)
SEN. GRAHAM: All right. "I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experience, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male."
And the only reason I keep talking about this is that I'm in politics, and you got to watch what you say, because, one, you don't want to offend people you're trying to represent — but do you understand, ma'am, that if I had said anything like that, and my reasoning was that I'm trying to inspire somebody, they would have had my head? Do you understand that?
He started his testimony off with:
SEN. GRAHAM: Okay. Now let's talk about you. I like you, by the way, for whatever that matters. (Soft laughter.) Since I may vote for you, that ought to matter to you. (Soft laughter.)
One thing that stood out about your record is that when you look at the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, lawyers anonymously rate judges in terms of temperament, and here's what they said about you: "She's a terror on the bench." "She's temperamental, excitable." "She seems angry." "She's overly aggressive, not very judicial." "She does not have a very good temperament." "She abuses lawyers." "She really lacks judicial temperament." "She believes in an out-of- control — she behaves in an out-of-control manner." "She makes inappropriate outbursts." "She is nasty to lawyers." "She'll attack lawyers for making an argument she does not like." "She can be a bit of a bully."
When you look at the evaluation of the judges on the 2nd Circuit, you stand out like a sore thumb in terms of your temperament. What is your answer to these criticisms?
& the whole temperamental woman thing erks me bad.
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