Judicial Oath of Office 28 USCS 453 Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: "I, (Name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as (Office) under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God." "I simply do not know exactly what the difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage" Judge Sonia Sotomayor - Judge Mario G. Olmos Memorial Lecture in 2001, delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law "I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies, and prejudices are appropriate." - Issues Facing Latino Judiciary symposium sponsored by the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, October 2001 "I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society." - Issues Facing Latino Judiciary symposium sponsored by the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, October 2001 "I further accept that our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions. The aspiration to impartiality is just that -- its an <b>...</b>
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