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Sonia Sotomayor

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Gender Female
Age 70
Date of birth June 25,1954
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born The Bronx
New York
United States
Spouse Kevin Noonan
Appointed by Barack Obama
Job Judge
Author
Jurist
Book editor
Education Yale Law School
Princeton University
Cardinal Spellman High School
Cardinal Spellman
Books Just Ask: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
My Beloved World
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Just Help! How to Build a Better World
Turning Pages: My Life Story
NationalityAmerican
Parents Celina Báez
Juan Sotomayor
Siblings Juan Sotomayor
Awards Hispanic Heritage Awards: Leadership
Previous positionJudge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1992–1998)
Position Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2009
Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography
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Sonia Maria Sotomayor 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, 2009.

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... ProPublica s reporting, followed by revelations involving other justices - including liberal justice Sonia Sotomayor using her Supreme Court staff to push sales of her books at public events - prompted calls for Congress to pass legislation creating a binding set of ethical guidelines for the court...

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... The addition of Ms Jackson to the court means that its liberal minority - with Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor - will be made up entirely of women...

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... The three justices who disagreed with the majority - Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - wrote that they had done so " with sorrow - for this court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection"...

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Jun 23,2022 6:00 pm

... The liberal justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer dissented...

Texas: Supreme Court blocks state's 'de-platforming' law

Texas: Supreme Court blocks state's 'de-platforming' law
Jun 1,2022 3:30 am

... The majority, who provided no explanation for the emergency decision, included Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer...

US Supreme Court scrutinises Biden vaccine mandates

US Supreme Court scrutinises Biden vaccine mandates
Jan 8,2022 12:44 am

... Some justices on the conservative-dominated court signalled support for the mandate on Friday, including Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal, who suggested the rule was not a vaccine mandate but a mandate for the unvaccinated to mask and get tested...

Texas abortion law to stay in place until Supreme Court decision

Texas abortion law to stay in place until Supreme Court decision
Oct 23,2021 1:06 am

... In a written dissent, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the expedited timeframe would offer " cold comfort" for women in Texas who are hoping for abortion treatment...

Trump is not a lawyer - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Trump is not a lawyer - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Feb 16,2020 9:17 am

... Standing from left, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett M Kavanaugh Ms Ginsburg, 86, is the oldest sitting justice on the Supreme Court, and has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years...

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