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as a prosecutor,rial and apllate judge. as prosecutor, prosecuting a litany o crimes. the attan da described her as fearless andble champion of the law. just as her years posed her to allacets of commercial law including real estate and banking. shwas anted by president george bush, and earning a retation as tough and fair mied. she will replace justice suit with trial experience. she ha participat in ov300 decisions,ith only seven being ought the supreme court which reversed only two of those decisions. with confirmation, judge sotomayor brigs more jicial experienceo the supremert thanny jusce in 100 years and moreudicial experienc in 70 years. manyindependent, national and league laenforcement gros havelready endorsed r nomination, incding the aba, giving h theighest rating of wellualified, complimenting her mature, legal mind and he cord of deci cases. and that e is a heahy respecfor the limited role of judges and balance of powers with the executive and legislative branchs. it waslso stated she's tough, fair minded. nomie's experience a a gal advocate for civ right

assurances, i want to state up frt, unequivocally and without doubt, i do not bieve that any ethnic, rial, or gder group has an aantage in soundjudging. i do blievehat every peon has an equal opportunity to be a good and wis judge regardless of the background or life expiences. >> reporr: but the explanation did not tisfy alabama'seff sessions, the committ's ranking repuican. when he presed the point, sotomayor said s hadtried a rhetoric flourish that fell flat >> it was bad,ecause it left an impression that i believe that life experienes commanded a result in acase, but that's clearly not what i do a judge, it's early not what i intended. inhe context of my broader speech, which w attemptin to inspe young hispaic latino stunts and lawyers to believ at their life periences added value tohe process. >>well, i can see that, perhaps, as a lay person approach to it, b as a judge who has tak this oath, i am ve troubled that you would repeatedly, ov a decde or more, maketatements that consistently -- any fir reading of thesepeeches consistently rgues that this ideal and commitment- i belie ever

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it only dides people who don't wish to be divided along rial lines.he very reason we have cil service rules is to ro out polics, discrimination and nepotism. our case demotrates that these ills will exist ifhe rules of merit and the w are not follod. >> reporter: firefiger ben vargas ia colleague of ricci's, and he o passed the exa >> i am hispac and proud of their heritage and bacround that judge sotomayor and share, and i congratute judge sotomayoon her nomination. but the focus shou not have been on me being hispaniçç the focus should have been what i did to earn promotion to captain, and how my o government and some cots responded tthat. in sort, they didn't care. think it important for you t know wh i did, that i played by the rules, an then endured a lonprocess of asking the courtso enforce those rules. >> reporter: after hearg their atements, republican setor raham spoke directly to the firefighters. >> b i just want you to know that, as country, we're probably one generation remoed towhere no matter how hard you tudied, based on your last ne o

i think tt's why they're hoing so much on herpeeches, on what they view as rial identity politic. a little bit theirefighters' decision. and the judiciary committee, let's face it it'sike a dysfunctional fami. they're fhting... t last ten fights they hadnd the rest of the world esn't know what theye talking about. >> rose: most peoe say abou hethat the only thg they have to go on reay beyond the firefighters ce is that speech and the word thatthepresident used, "empathy." >> again, waterloo, iowa. i don't think it resonated. and i think smt republicans are aware ofhis. there's a reful game to play he. they can playthat identity politics but les not forget, this is a woman who i think without questionis generating a great deal of pri in the latinoommunity acro america. the fastest-growg population, fastest-growin electorate. there are a number of rublican senators who have to be sensive about this. charlie, i'll give you a gd example. richard burr, itooks like, in north caroli, where weoth lived for a while, it looks ke he won't have a strong opponent. if hdid have a strong opponen

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