justice sonia sotomayor wrote nine contrary opinions. one of them was simply meant to underscore her agreement with the majority opinion. i would question the merits of those sorts of opinions. might just as elena kagan be engaged in judicial modesty, holding herself back? finding her role in oral argument -- as neal katyal said, she is a superb questioner. it was determined that she, except for justice thomas, who is completely checked out of the whole deal, she is the least common questioner, having asked half as many questions as justice sonia sotomayor, but listen to the questions. "i do not understand the premise of your argument. in the halliburton case, "mr. sterling, i was not sure what are you you were making in your brief turcott." when justice elena kagan said she does not understand your argument, it is time to panic, because she understands you all too well and is about to destroy you. [laughter] >> while looking at the number of questions is important, i wanted to drive that how penetrating those questions are, so -- what i

course, people filled a long-held dream of our community and made history by appointing justice sonia sotomayoreme court. [applause] >> the president has worked and enhanced with latino advocates to improve the well-being of latino children, reform the financial system so that it is fair and accessible to hispanic consumers. and give more latino families a real opportunity to get health insurance and access to health care. we know, mr. president, that you are well aware that there is still some unfinished business. too many americans including millions of latinos are still out of work. too many families are still at risk of losing their homes and virtually everyone in this room has been affected by our nation's broken immigration systems and the record number of deportation. most of us here know families and people living in fear including a brave dream act student from tennessee who is with us here today and facing imminent deportation. [applause] >> that is why we're so eager to hear from you about these and other issues. we have been working at nclr to address these challenges and the latino

i'm from the fourth district of louisiana, shreveport, ocean city, the sonia sotomayor parish. that is where the shale deepwater horizis. only three years ago, we had no idea what it was or would be in the future. it's had a tremendous impact on our economy. $11 billion so far. jobs. poor parishes that are now doing well economically. we see police departments, infrastructure, all of these things being improved. local government. high-paying jobs. and we're beginning to meet the country's needs in terms of natural gas. i can tell you that we have not seen any significant problems. and so it really is beyond me to wonder now with a 9.2% unemployment rate, with energy costs as high as it is ever bent, and the country in such a desperate economic situation and a technology that is 50-60 years old, and has been proven safe and the epa said was safe, why in the world would we be thinking about getting this type of technology which is so essential not just for gas but for the future of oil domestically? my question, for instance, do you -- what is a typical depth of drilling iin the

. >> bush is going to ask about sonia sotomayor.i really like what she's doing to bring herself out into the world. she's diabetic, childhood onset type one day peace. she's been pretty a good in the community working with kids are talking to kids, going to baseball games. i think it's a really salutary team when someone is sequestered at the core will go into the world. as a writer, as a journalist reporter, i am looking for a quote in that opinion i find it difficult to get a good quote out of a sotomayor opinion and i find your writing bland. as a questionnaire, i like her a lot. here's one question that she asked in the prison overcrowding case asking of their representatives in the state of california. when you're going to avoid or get around people sitting in for days? with that sort of blunt concrete detailed language, it may not be striking to the heart of the matter is a little flame to the cloud they think. but it is her background. she likes the details and she is really persistent. she will not let go of and not forget o