She’s written groundbreaking legal opinions on racial discrimination, the environment and the Second Amendment, but Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor‘s strongest views may be on how to cook chicken. We spotted the Bronx-born legal eagle and a blond woman friend in a heated discussion Tuesday night over how to prepare a chicken as they strolled along Bedford Street, near Sotomayor’s West Village condo. “You need to place the chicken on the grill,” Sotomayor’s friend was adamantly insisting. But the argument didn’t hold water with the judge, who shook her head and clearly objected. Instead, Sotomayor offered an alternate way to grill a bird. They then wandered off, perhaps to debate the finer points of marinade.