Ms. Sotomayor, I appreciate that you rose from humble origins, but some statements you’ve made over the years about your ethnic background lead me to believe you might let your identity cloud your judgment.
Senator Graham, I don’t think simply recognizing one’s identity necessarily clouds one’s judgment. Every person alive has an identity, and they are constantly influenced by that identity.
Not Michael Knight.
Who?
Michael Knight, of TV’s Knight Rider.
Knight Rider?
Ms. Sototmayor, are you telling me that you want to be a Supreme Court justice and yet you are unfamiliar with Knight Rider?
I remember the program, but I can’t say I saw it more than once or twice.
If you’ll recall, Michael Knight was, in the words of the opening credits, “a man who does not exist”.
So you want a Supreme Court justice to be like David Hasselhoff?
No, I want you to be more like Michael Knight! I thought I made that clear! Michael Knight had no identity. And yet, he was a one-man crime-fighting machine! An engine of justice, if you will.

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