Sonia Sotomayor - Obama Presidency Oral History Sonia Sotomayor Index / People Transcripts Ben LaBolt ...for the confirmation of Justices [Sonia] Sotomayor and [Elena] Kagan, and national pres... ...and confirmation processes both for Sonia [M.] Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. First of all, did tha... ...incoming. The moment where—in one of Justice Sotomayor 's old writings, she said that sh... ...about either of those processes is that Justice Sotomayor , the night she was confirmed, wen... Danielle Gray ...it became clear that he wanted to put Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court. I don't thin... ...Obama to nominate either Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor , but we looked at everybody. Once h... ...the counsel's office—I did a lot with Sonia Sotomayor around hearing prep, but I also did ... ...Clinton Library nomination papers for Sonia Sotomayor , and I did that months before ther... ...and say people are writing a story on Justice Sotomayor 's record as a prosecutor, and they'r... ...sure they had the full context. And Justice Sotomayor is down the hall, so we could go i... ...so we could go in there and say, “ Justice Sotomayor , there's three stories today that yo... ...it.” And what did you learn about Justice Sotomayor from that period that you worked wit... ...with her? I would say, her strength. Justice Sotomayor was attacked in ways that wer... ...I'm doing. I'm very strong. You know, Justice Sotomayor is a diabetic. So, one thing I remembe... Show more... Claudia Rankine ...went to the same high school as Sonia Sotomayor , so that was a surprise when sh... Randi Weingarten ...the appointment of Justice Kagan and Justice Sotomayor , the work that was done to try t... Pete Rouse ...talks in his book about why he picked Sonia Sotomayor for that first Supreme Court opening... ...I ask what your role was in getting Justice Sotomayor through the confirmation process? W... ...in the Democratic senatorial caucus for Justice Sotomayor 's nomination? Yes. Because remember... Jim Messina ...if that's okay, in the context of now Justice Sonia Sotomayor . I read that Senator Nelson wanted t... ...Nelson wanted to make sure that future Justice Sotomayor , after the president had nominate... ...moderate Democrats in the Senate about Justice Sotomayor ? In my experience, no. Having talke... Ronald Klain ...I think the president—particularly with Justice Sotomayor , he had a wide-ranging conversatio... ...Had Justice Kagan been considered for Justice Sotomayor 's seat? Yes. It was a highl... ...had less experience as a judge than Justice Sotomayor . Do you think that brought somethin... Melissa Winter ...them to the Supreme Court, and they met Justice Sotomayor . We took them to the Kennedy Center t... Katie Johnson ...was there for both [Elena] Kagan's and [Sonia M.] Sotomayor 's nomination. [Pause] And I was ther... Regina Benjamin ...but interviewing publicly now- Justice Sotomayor . He was having those hearings. So hi... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa