Sonia Sotomayor
The first Puerto Rican woman to serve as a U.S. Circuit Court judge and first Latina nominated to the Supreme Court.
A brief bio from the American Bar Association celebration the Judge during Hispanic Heritage Month in 2000.
The following is the text of the Judge Mario G. Olmos Memorial Lecture in 2001, delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, by appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor. It was published in the Spring 2002 issue of Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, a symposium issue entitled "Raising the Bar: Latino and Latina Presence in the Judiciary and the Struggle for Representation."
The latest citations tracking smears and stereotypes such as "lazy" and "hot tempered" that have been used against Judge Sotomayor. Also reputable debunking of those myths.
An organization dedicated to reversing some of the smears and dishonest attacks against Sonia Sotomayor.
Spanish language coverage from Puerto Rico, with audio of her acceptance speech (in English).
A picture slideshow of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's life.
A Politico article about the Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano promoted the myth that a Supreme Court reversal is unusual. However, the court has reversed more than 60 percent of the federal appeals court cases it considered each year since 2004. Including decisions by Alito and Chief Justice Roberts.
"She is the most qualified judicial candidate in 100 years." Republican Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) spoke on the Senate Floor about President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) spoke in rebuttal to the Republicans' remarks.
One of the most disturbing examples of how fundamentals were ignored involved Sotomayor's now-infamous quote from eight years ago about a "Latina woman" judge reaching a "better conclusion" on the bench than her white male counterparts. Sotomayor made the comment as part of a speech she gave at University of California, Berkeley, in 2001 in which she explored what it would mean to have more women and minorities on the bench.
With her 17 years of federal judiciary experience in both criminal and federal appeals courts, Judge Sotomayor would be the most experienced justice on the Supreme Court bench.
Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor has been the subject of the harshest criticism, led by New Republic writer Jeffrey Rosen. Rosen took a brief glance at Sotomayor's rulings, talked to a few people who don't like her, and typed up their anonymous complaints.
