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Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ ˈ s oʊ n j ə ˌ s oʊ t oʊ m aɪ ˈ j ɔːr / ⓘ, Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ]; [1] born June 25, 1954) [2] is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
This was the twelfth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court. Sonia Sotomayor 2020 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality: 6 Concurrence: 6
In 2018, an adaptation of the book for middle graders was published by Delacorte Press, entitled The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor. [24] The American Library Association describes it as "offer[ing] gentle advice for young readers." [25] The adaptation was a finalist for the 2019 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. [25]
Justice Sotomayor is the first Latinx U.S. Supreme Court Justice and the third woman to serve as an Associate Justice in the high court. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009. 20.
The next oldest on the country's high court are liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 70, and conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, 69. ... “President Trump’s biggest and most consequential ...
In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against ...
Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 2009 by a 68–31 vote, and was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on August 8, 2009, becoming the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme ...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the senior most liberal on the conservative Supreme Court, told an audience at Harvard University on Friday that she sometimes cries after the court hands down its ...