Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor (born: June 25, 1954) is a United States Supreme Court justice. She has been on the Court since 2009, and was on a lower court before that. When on the lower court, she ended the 1994 baseball strike. She is the first and only Latina (hispanic women) on the Court. Sotomayor is Puerto Rican and is from the Bronx.[4]
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Assumed office August 8, 2009[1] | |
| Nominated by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Souter |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
| In office October 7, 1998 – August 6, 2009 | |
| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Daniel Mahoney |
| Succeeded by | Raymond Lohier |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office August 12, 1992 – October 7, 1998 | |
| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Walker |
| Succeeded by | Victor Marrero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sonia Maria Sotomayor June 25, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (Before 2009)[2] Independent (2009–present)[3] |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin Noonan (m. 1976; div. 1983) |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Sotomayor was born in New York City to parents who were from Puerto Rico. As a child, she was interested in reading the Nancy Drew series and other detective stories. She had a rough childhood since her alcoholic father died when she was nine. Throughout her time in high school and at Princeton, Sotomayor was a charismatic and inspirational leader. She graduated Princeton with a history degree, went to Yale University to study law and then served as a U.S District Court judge and judge for U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Sotomayor's 1976 Princeton yearbook photo
Judge Sonia Sotomayor with her godson at the United States Court of Appeals signing ceremony in 1998
President Barack Obama meets with Judge Sonia Sotomayor and Vice President Joe Biden prior to an announcement in the East Room, May 26, 2009.
Sotomayor before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first day of hearings on July 13, 2009
The first four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaking to attendees at the John P. Frank Memorial Lecture at Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Sotomayor with her nephews at the original Yankee Stadium in 2007
Sotomayor at the 2017 John P. Frank Memorial Lecture at Arizona State University as the guest of honor
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References
- ↑ "Members of the Supreme Court of the United States". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved April 26, 2010. Her commission date was August 6, per the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges at the Federal Judicial Center site, but the Supreme Court site states: "The date a Member of the Court took his/her Judicial oath (the Judiciary Act provided 'That the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the district judges, before they proceed to execute the duties of their respective offices, shall take the following oath ...') is here used as the date of the beginning of his/her service, for until that oath is taken he/she is not vested with the prerogatives of the office."
- ↑ Epstein, Lee; Segal, Jeffrey A.; Spaeth, Harold J.; Walker, Thomas G. (July 29, 2015). The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments. CQ Press. ISBN 9781483376639 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Sotomayor says she's no Democrat, eager to show her independence on court
- ↑ "Judge of the United States Courts – Sotomayor, Sonia". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
Sources
- Hutchinson, Dennis J. "Sotomayor, Sonia." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web. 8 May 2015.
- "Sonia Sotomayor." Newsmakers. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Biography in Context. Web. 8 May 2015.