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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. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8 ...
Shoop; the opinion was joined by Justice Sotomayor. [130] Two contributors to SCOTUSBlog noted that, since joining the Court at the beginning of the 2022 term, Jackson was the most active participant in oral arguments, speaking an average of 1,350 words per argument, while the eight other justices each spoke on average fewer than 1,000. [131]
Sonia Sotomayor: 2009 Barack Obama: Yale University Elena Kagan: 2010 Harvard University Neil Gorsuch: 2017 Donald Trump: Harvard University Brett Kavanaugh: 2018 Yale University Amy Coney Barrett: 2020 University of Notre Dame: Ketanji Brown Jackson: 2022 Joe Biden: Harvard University
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, Sotomayor was the first Latina to ascend to the role of Supreme Court justice. As the most senior member of the court’s small liberal flank, which ...
The “Sotomayor Rule,” as it might be called, states that “a justice may attend and speak at an event where the justice’s books are available for purchase.” But that’s not all.
Sotomayor said that the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, invents "an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable immunity that puts the President above the law."
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 Sotomayor, one of the three liberal justices on the court, was being honored with a Radcliffe Medal for her “commitment to excellence, inclusion, and social impact.” As part of the ...