Does_VDZ Sotomayor_NP1 practice_NN1 identity_NN1 justice_NN1 ?_? 
A_AT1 court_NN1 judge_NN1 who_PNQS ends_VVZ a_AT1 Major_NNB League_NP1 Baseball_NN1 players_NN2 '_GE strike_NN1 would_VM likely_RR win_VVI a_AT1 popularity_NN1 vote_NN1 --_NN1 if_CS there_EX were_VBDR one_MC1 --_NN1 to_TO be_VBI a_AT1 Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 justice_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB Judge_VV0 Sonia_NP1 Sotomayor_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS is_VBZ President_NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE pick_NN1 for_IF the_AT high_JJ court_NN1 ,_, probably_RR knew_VVD better_RRR when_CS she_PPHS1 made_VVD that_CST strike-ending_JJ ruling_NN1 in_II 1995_MC ._. 
She_PPHS1 learned_VVD early_RR on_II --_NN1 perhaps_RR starting_VVG with_IW her_APPGE childhood_NN1 watching_VVG of_IO the_AT "_" Perry_NP1 Mason_NP1 "_" TV_NN1 series_NN --_JJ that_CST a_AT1 judge_NN1 must_VM be_VBI impartial_JJ before_II the_AT facts_NN2 and_CC the_AT Constitution_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ the_AT most_RGT important_JJ quality_NN1 that_CST Ms._NNB Sotomayor_NP1 would_VM need_VVI to_TO bring_VVI to_II the_AT Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 ,_, if_CS the_AT Senate_NN1 approves_VVZ her_PPHO1 ._. 
To_TO be_VBI sure_JJ ,_, she_PPHS1 would_VM also_RR bring_VVI a_AT1 wealth_NN1 of_IO life_NN1 and_CC professional_JJ experiences_NN2 to_II the_AT nine-member_JJ bench_NN1 --_NN1 as_CSA someone_PN1 who_PNQS boot-strapped_JJ herself_PPX1 up_RP from_II a_AT1 Bronx_NP1 housing_NN1 project_NN1 to_TO earn_VVI Ivy_NP1 League_NN1 degrees_NN2 ,_, served_VVN as_II a_AT1 criminal_JJ prosecutor_NN1 and_CC as_II a_AT1 trial_NN1 judge_NN1 ,_, and_CC who_PNQS now_RT has_VHZ a_AT1 record_NN1 in_II judicial_JJ opinion-writing_NN1 as_II an_AT1 appellate_JJ judge_NN1 ._. 
And_CC as_II a_AT1 symbol_NN1 of_IO success_NN1 for_IF Hispanics_NN2 and_CC women_NN2 ,_, Sotomayor_NP1 would_VM help_VVI inspire_VVI other_JJ women_NN2 and_CC minorities_NN2 to_TO reach_VVI for_IF high_JJ office_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB does_VDZ she_PPHS1 have_VHI the_AT temperament_NN1 for_IF judicial_JJ impartiality_NN1 --_NN1 as_CSA symbolized_VVN by_II the_AT blindfold_NN1 on_II the_AT statue_NN1 of_IO Lady_NNB Justice_NP1 holding_VVG a_AT1 balance_NN1 ?_? 
She_PPHS1 was_VBDZ nominated_VVN for_IF her_APPGE first_MD job_NN1 on_II the_AT federal_JJ bench_NN1 by_II a_AT1 Republican_NN1 president_NN1 (_( George_NP1 H.W._NP1 Bush_NP1 )_) and_CC later_RRR as_II an_AT1 appellate_JJ judge_NN1 by_II a_AT1 Democratic_JJ president_NN1 (_( Bill_NP1 Clinton_NP1 )_) ._. 
Her_APPGE decisions_NN2 on_II the_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 circuit_NN1 court_NN1 reveal_VV0 an_AT1 ability_NN1 to_TO balance_VVI the_AT interests_NN2 of_IO business_NN1 and_CC the_AT individual_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 says_VVZ she_PPHS1 always_RR tries_VVZ to_TO question_VVI her_APPGE own_DA "_" opinions_NN2 ,_, sympathies_NN2 ,_, and_CC prejudices_NN2 ._. "_" 
And_CC when_CS considering_VVG a_AT1 case_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 is_VBZ well_RR known_VVN to_TO explore_VVI all_DB facets_NN2 of_IO the_AT law_NN1 and_CC to_TO listen_VVI to_II all_DB litigants_NN2 and_CC other_JJ judges_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB while_CS she_PPHS1 says_VVZ that_CST she_PPHS1 believes_VVZ in_II the_AT principles_NN2 of_IO the_AT Constitution_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 also_RR argues_VVZ that_DD1 impartiality_NN1 is_VBZ difficult_JJ for_IF a_AT1 judge_NN1 ,_, calling_VVG it_PPH1 a_AT1 mere_JJ "_" aspiration_NN1 because_CS it_PPH1 denies_VVZ the_AT fact_NN1 that_CST we_PPIS2 are_VBR by_II our_APPGE experiences_NN2 making_VVG different_JJ choices_NN2 than_CSN others_NN2 ._. "_" 
She_PPHS1 claims_VVZ women_NN2 and_CC nonwhite_NN1 Americans_NN2 will_VM make_VVI different_JJ rulings_NN2 --_JJ something_PN1 denied_VVD by_II the_AT first_MD woman_NN1 who_PNQS served_VVD on_II the_AT high_JJ court_NN1 ,_, Sandra_NP1 Day_NP1 O'Connor_NP1 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 would_VM hope_VVI that_CST a_AT1 wise_JJ Latina_NN1 woman_NN1 with_IW the_AT richness_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE experiences_NN2 would_VM more_RGR often_RR than_CSN not_XX reach_VV0 a_AT1 better_JJR conclusion_NN1 &lsqb;_( as_II a_AT1 judge_NN1 &rsqb;_) than_CSN a_AT1 white_JJ male_NN1 who_PNQS has_VHZ n't_XX lived_VVN that_DD1 life_NN1 ,_, "_" Sotomayor_NP1 stated_VVD in_II a_AT1 2001_MC lecture_NN1 ._. 
Certainly_RR a_AT1 person_NN1 's_GE experience_NN1 can_VM help_VVI improve_VVI her_PPHO1 or_CC his_APPGE intellectual_JJ capacity_NN1 to_TO apply_VVI the_AT Constitution_NN1 in_II a_AT1 case_NN1 ._. 
Judges_NN2 must_VM know_VVI the_AT real-world_JJ consequences_NN2 of_IO their_APPGE rulings_NN2 ._. 
If_CS they_PPHS2 ca_VM n't_XX ,_, they_PPHS2 should_VM n't_XX be_VBI a_AT1 judge_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB to_TO say_VVI that_CST a_AT1 judge_NN1 's_GE race_NN1 or_CC ethnicity_NN1 would_VM yield_VVI a_AT1 ruling_NN1 with_IW better_JJR consequences_NN2 than_CSN simply_RR upholding_VVG a_AT1 constitutional_JJ principle_NN1 is_VBZ to_TO deny_VVI the_AT very_JJ reason_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 constitution_NN1 --_NN1 as_II a_AT1 bulwark_NN1 for_IF society_NN1 against_II the_AT whims_NN2 of_IO the_AT elected_JJ branches_NN2 and_CC the_AT political_JJ passions_NN2 of_IO an_AT1 era_NN1 ._. 
Sotomayor_NN1 has_VHZ also_RR said_VVN that_CST an_AT1 appeals_NN2 court_NN1 judge_NN1 enjoys_VVZ the_AT ability_NN1 to_TO set_VVI national_JJ policy_NN1 and_CC that_DD1 ,_, for_IF a_AT1 judge_NN1 ,_, "_" there_EX is_VBZ no_AT objective_JJ stance_NN1 but_CCB only_RR a_AT1 series_NN of_IO perspectives_NN2 ._. "_" 
