Supreme court judge ‘was not asked views on abortion’

US JUDGE Sonia Sotomayor said yesterday neither President Barack Obama nor anyone else in the administration asked her views on abortion rights before she was nominated for the Supreme Court.

“I was asked no question by anyone including the president about my views on any specific legal issue,” she said at the outset of a second day of questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

She made her remark after Republican senator John Cornyn asked about a published report that administration officials have been seeking to reassure abortion rights groups concerned about her position on the issue.