Sonia Sotomayor timeline
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Sonia Sotomayor is Born
Sonia Maria Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. Her father, Juan Sotomayor, had a third-grade education and did not speak... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
Sonia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age eight, and began taking daily insulin injections. Her father died of heart problems at age 42, when... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Graduates from Princeton University
When Sotomayor entered Princeton University on a full scholarship, there were few women students and fewer Latinos (about 20). She knew only of the... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Graduates from Yale Law School
Ms. Sotomayor was not alone; for many minority students who arrived at elite colleges, the first thing they wanted to study was their own... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Joins the Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Ms. Sotomayor spent about five years as a prosecutor. Interviews with her colleagues and supervisors painted a portrait of a frightened rookie... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Joins the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund was founded in 1972 as a non-profit organization by three lawyers, Jorge Batista, Victor Marrero,... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Joins New York Law Firm Pavia & Harcourt
In 1984, she entered private practice, joining the commercial litigation practice group of Pavia & Harcourt in Manhattan as an associate. One of 30... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Serves on the New York Campaign Finance Board
Sotomayor brings hands-on experience to the issue [of campaign finance] from her four years of experience on the New York City Campaign Finance... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Begins Tenure as a Federal District Court Judge
New York is now officially in line to have the its first Hispanic woman as a Federal District Court judge. President Bush last week sent to the... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Rules in the High-Profile Case, Silverman v. Major League Baseball Player Relations Committee
Ruling from the bench, Sotomayor chided baseball owners, saying they had no right to unilaterally eliminate the 20-year-old system of free agents... Read more
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President Bill Clinton Nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
On June 25, 1997, Sotomayor was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which was... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor is Confirmed to the US Court of Appeals
With complete Democratic support, and support from 25 Republican senators including Judiciary chair Orrin Hatch, Sotomayor was confirmed on October... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Delivers "A Latina Judge's Voice" Speech
Sotomayor was a member of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts. In October 2001, she presented the... Read more
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Barack Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court
President Obama on Tuesday nominated federal appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Obama on Tuesday introduces... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor Begins US Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
In about an hour, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin the confirmation hearing of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first nominee to... Read more
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Sonia Sotomayor is Confirmed by the US Senate, Becoming the First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
On August 6, 2009, Sotomayor's appointment was brought up for a vote on the floor of the Senate. She was confirmed by a vote of 68 to 31. All... Read more
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US Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Election Funding Restrictions on Corporations
The Supreme Court's conservative bloc sounded poised Wednesday to strike down, on free-speech grounds, the nation's ban on corporations spending... Read more