claim: judge sotomayor has said "that policy is made on the u.s. court of appeals."
author: republican national committee
evidence_1: jun 26, 2009 ... the ubiquitous conservative attack on judge sonia sotomayor stems from a  statement she made at a conference at duke university law school in 2005, in  which she described the role appellate justices have in forming policy. “all of the  legal defense funds out there, they are looking for people with court ...
evidence_2: may 26, 2009 ... at a duke university panel discussion held in february 2005, the federal appeals  court judge and president obama's choice to replace retiring justice david  souter told a group of law school students that the u.s. court of appeals "is  where policy is made." she made the comment in response to a question ...
evidence_3: may 14, 2009 ... this month, for example, a video surfaced of judge sotomayor asserting in 2005  that a “court of appeals is where policy is made. ... and they say they were put on  guard by mr. obama's statement that judges should have “empathy,” a word they  suggest could be code for injecting liberal ideology into the law ...
evidence_4: may 26, 2009 ... president obama on tuesday nominated federal appellate judge sonia  sotomayor to the u.s. supreme court. ... sotomayor "is an inspiring woman who i  believe will make a great justice," obama said at a white house announcement.  she "has worked at almost every level of our judicial system, providing ...
evidence_5: may 26, 2009 ... since president obama's announcement that he would nominate federal  appellate judge sonia sotomayor to the supreme court, much attention has  been given to her 2005 remark that the "court of appeals is where policy is made. " the conservative judicial confirmation network and others on the right ...