Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Maria Sotomayoris an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. She has the distinction of being its first justice of Hispanic heritage, the first Latina, its third female justice, and its twelfth Roman Catholic justice. Sotomayor, along with John Roberts and Elena Kagan, is one of the youngest justices on the Supreme Court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth25 June 1954
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Sonia Sotomayor quotes about
I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it.
There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.
We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.
I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.
Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.
I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered.
how many times would a defendant's lawyer enter the courtroom before a session and ask each of the male clerks and paralegals around me, 'Are you the assistant in charge?' while I sat there invisible to him at the head of the table?
When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.
There are drones flying over the air randomly that are recording everything that's happening on what we consider our private property. That type of technology has to stimulate us to think about what is it that we cherish in privacy, and how far we want to protect it and from whom.
I got a label because I was Hispanic and a woman and [therefore] I had to be liberal.
I am willing to bet that there are some Puerto Ricans who don't know about [their status].
A career is something that you train for and prepare for and plan on doing for a long time.