http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us...html?th&emc=th
May 29, 2009
Sotomayor’s Sharp Tongue Raises Issue of Temperament
By JO BECKER and ADAM LIPTAK

WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s Supreme Court choice, has a blunt and even testy side, and it was on display in December during an argument before the federal appeals court in New York. The case concerned a Canadian man who said American officials had sent him to Syria to be tortured, and Judge Sotomayor peppered a government lawyer with skeptical questions.

“So the minute the executive raises the specter of foreign policy, national security,â€