Sonia Sotomayor By Conor Smith

Backround Info Sonia was born on June 25, 1954 Sonia’s parents were Juan Sotomayor and Celina Báez Sonia was born in Bronx, New York Sonia has Puerto Rican backround

Sonia Sotomayor with parents

Childhood Sonia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age eight Around this time her father died of heart problems Also she began to speak fluent English Sonia graduated valedictorian at Cardinall Spellman High school

Sonia at age 13

College Sonia attended Princeton University on a full scholarship There were only about 20 Latinos at the college Sonia was a History major

Princeton University logo

Law School Sonia entered Yale University in the fall of ’76 on another scholarship There were also few Latinos there at the time Sonia became an editor on the Yale Law Journal r

Yale University Logo

Early Legal Career Sonia was hired out of law school as a assistant district attorney under New York County district She help convict the “Tarzan Murderer” case (who acrobatically entered apartments, robbed them, and shot residents for no reason) She also worked on a case of “Police Brutality” rict.attorney/index.html

A Blurry picture of the Tarzan Murderer(Richard Maddicks)

Nomination into U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York Sonia was nominated into the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 27, 1991 by President George W. BushU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Sonia became the youngest judge on the Southern District She was one of seven women among the 58 judges on the Southern District

A view of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Nomination into the Court of Appeals Second Circuit Sotomayor was nominated into the Court of Appeals Second Circuit on June 25, 1997 by President Bill Clinton Sonia appealed over 3,000 cases over the ten years on the Circuit Court Out of the 3,000 cases she appealed the Supreme Court only looked at five, turned down three and affirmed two

This is the U.S Court of Appeals Second Circuit Seal

Nomination into Supreme Court Sonia was nominated into the Supreme Court on August 9, 2009 by Barack Obama Sonia became the only second jurist to be nominated into three different judicial positions by three different presidents Sonia is still on the Supreme Court to this day r

Supreme Court

Sonia once said “Its not the heart that compels conclusions to cases, it’s the law.”

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