Souter often sided with the court's liberal faction, and Sotomayor is expected to largely follow in his footsteps.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

or if I'm, I don't know, or if I want to sort of follow in their footsteps and,

或者，我也不清楚，如果我想跟随他们的脚步，

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"You're walking in the footsteps of George Washington here, you're seeing everything that they saw."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

You know,he kind of followed in my footsteps but has passed me way up.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

Justice Sotomayor is expected to generally side with the liberal minority on court, following in the footsteps of the man she replaced, retired Justice David Souter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01