In a statement, Ms. Snowe said she was "impressed with Judge Sotomayor's comportment and obvious mastery of the law during this week's nomination hearings".
From the early 1960s until his retirement in the 1980s, his reputation for speed and mastery of planning law made him the doyen of commercial architects, not merely in London but also in provincial cities, and later in mainland Europe as well.
"He's got a mastery of the law and a deep commitment to justice".
As long as mastery of the law and ability to play nicely with the other Justices is at the top of the list, then we should save political battles for elections and accept that elected officials from both sides will tend to appoint judges who reflect their understanding of the law, and stop worrying about a judge's identity -- religious, gender, or otherwise.
Bugliosi's passionate genius, mastery of the law, and fearlessness in the face of Manson family threats, enabled him to prevail in the prosecution, much like his genius and fearlessness would compel him to prevail in this case he has crafted against George Bush.
He is one of those dark-suited, behind-the-scenes guys who stay discreetly out of public view and wield power through the mastery of facts, laws and information.
For a man claiming to be god, Sathya Sai Baba was oddly enthusiastic about science; perhaps it had something to do with his own mastery of the laws of physics.
When you're that strong and that flexible, when the connection between your brain and your muscles is that intimate, and your mastery of the laws of physics feels so complete, it's easy to feel like you possess superpowers.
"In Lincoln's rise from poverty", Mr Obama wrote in Time in 2005, "his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat in all this, he reminded me…of my own struggles," prompting Peggy Noonan, a conservative commentator, to quip that Mr Obama is "like Abraham Lincoln, only sort of better".
In his book The Audacity of Hope, Obama recalls that he once wrote an article for Time Magazine in which he said: "In Lincoln's rise from poverty, his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat – in all this, he reminded me just... of my own struggles".
