v. pataki because judge sotomayor's dissent would have resulted with an outcome which he did not agree. he failed to mention that her opinion was based on the plain text of the statute for the court and left out some of the key revealing comments she made in her dissent. no one disputes it. second, the duty of a judge is to follow the law, not question his plain terms. and number three, i trust that congress would prefer to make any needed changes itself rather than have to court's do so for them. these are the kind of statements in the very case my good friend from alabama uses to criticize the judge that we have heard from people on the other side of the aisle over and over and over again as to what a judge should do. not replace his or her own judgment for that of the legislature. or that of the law. judge sotomayor was following text to a result. not the other way around. these quotes tell us a lot more about judge sotomayor's judicial philosophy and commitment to rule of law than simply looking at the outcome in any particular case. and even when we look at outcomes, the entirety o