Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the U. S. Supreme Court, talked about her divorce in a 1990’s interview that has been turned over to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“I cannot attribute that divorce to work,” she said. ” But certainly the fact that I was leaving my home at 7:00am and getting back at 10:00pm was not of assistance in recognizing the problems developing in my marriage.”

“I have found it difficult to maintain a relationship while I’ve pursued my career,” Sotomayor said.  “I know for me finding personal time is enormously difficult. Finding sleep time is sometimes even more difficult.”

Judge Sotomayor has no children and has not remarried.

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I’m not sure what I would say if Katie Couric asked me to name some Supreme Court decisions.

But an older lawyer once told me if the judge asks you for a citation, and you can’t think of anything, go to the colors.

Judge:  “What’s your authority, counselor?”

Lawyer:  “Uh, Judge, I think that’s the Green case.” (or the White case or the Brown case.)

If Sarah had said the Brown case, she would have had one right.  In Brown vs. the Board of Education, the Supreme Court held that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.   And while a lawyer has to exercise candor with the court, there is no such restriction on a politician.