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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.
Sonia Sotomayor – nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and sworn in on August 8 – is the first Supreme Court Justice of Latin American descent. Born in New York City of Puerto Rican parents, she has been known to refer to herself as a " Nuyorican ".
Liberalism portal. United States portal. v. t. e. Elena Kagan ( / ˈkeɪɡən / KAY-guhn; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court. Kagan was born and raised in New ...
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 ...
t. e. Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( / ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ / BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) [2] was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. [3] She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace ...
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor approaches the 15th anniversary of her historic appointment to the Supreme Court, some liberal pundits and lawmakers want her to consider stepping down. They think that ...
J. Scott Applewhite. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Friday that the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refused to work on same-sex couples' weddings is "profoundly wrong ...
I, Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 600 U.S. 570 (2023), is a United States Supreme Court decision that dealt with the intersection of anti-discrimination law in public accommodations with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In a 6–3 decision, the Court found for a ...