"The most consistent concern was that Sotomayor, although an able lawyer, was "not that smart and kind of a bully on the bench," as one former Second Circuit clerk for another judge put it."<ref>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085</ref>
"The most consistent concern was that Sotomayor, although an able lawyer, was "not that smart and kind of a bully on the bench," as one former Second Circuit clerk for another judge put it."<ref>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085</ref>
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"Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called Sotomayor’s appointment “the clearest indication yet that President Obama’s campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric.”<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22965.html</ref>
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"Charmaine Yoest, the president of Americans United for Life, blasted Sotomayor as “a radical pick that divides America. She believes the role of the Court is to set policy, which is exactly the philosophy that led to the Supreme Court turning into the National Abortion Control Board,"<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22965.html</ref>