By Bryan Logan
(L-R) U.S. Supreme Court justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Supreme Court justices (click here) Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan gave remarks about their experiences on the nation's highest court, and talked specifically about the idea of political bias on the bench.
"There are structures within the court — not the least of which is our modern understanding among what are now eight justices — that we have to rise above partisanship in our personal relationships," Justice Sotomayor said at Princeton University on Friday.
Sotomayor spoke broadly about how Supreme Court justices need to always rise above the political fray for the sake of the court's integrity, and said that effort begins with how justices treat each other.
"We have to treat each other with respect and dignity, and with a sense of amicability that the rest of the world doesn't often share," Sotomayor said....
