JudgeAuthorPoliticianJuristEditorSonia Sotomayor/Professions
She ruled in the majority which upheld the Affordable Care Act twice, and in Obergefell v. Hodges, to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Sotomayor is known on the court for her trust in the judicial process, and her cutthroat attitude toward ill-prepared attorneys.
Yale Law School1976–1979Princeton University1976Cardinal SpellmanSonia Sotomayor/Education
Sonia Sotomayor, (1954 - ) is an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who has also served as a federal district court and a federal appeals court jurist in her career. Since her appointment to the Court in 2009, Sotomayor generally has been a consistent defender of First Amendment values on the bench.
Judge Sotomayor is generally considered to be a competent jurist with a good legal sense who writes good opinions, but is criticized by some of the lawyers who argue before her as a "bully," "nasty" and a "terror."
Sonia SotomayorKevin Noonan / Spouse (m. 1976–1983)
Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother. Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 and received her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal.
Sandra Day O'ConnorAs the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, Sandra Day O'Connor became an inspiration to millions.
In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated a Catholic woman, Sonia Sotomayor, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Her confirmation raised the number of Catholics on the Court to six, compared to three non-Catholics.
Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? Sonia Sotomayor became a U.S. District Court Judge in 1992 and was elevated to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 1998. In 2009, she was confirmed as the first Latina Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
Kevin NoonanSonia Sotomayor / Spouse (m. 1976–1983)
Kagan is known to spend time with longtime friends from law school and her stint in the Clinton administration rather than attending DC social events she is invited to as a justice. Kagan has never married.