Sotomayor, Sonia

(sōtōmīyôr`), 1954–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2009–), b. Bronx, N.Y., to Puerto Rican parents, grad. Princeton (B.A. 1976), Yale (J.D. 1979). She worked as a Manhattan assistant district attorney (1979–84) and was in private practice specializing in intellectual property law before she became a U.S. district court judge for the Southern District of New York in 1992. Three years later she was in the national spotlight when she ruled against the Major League Baseball owners in a case brought by the National Labor Relations Board; her decision led to the end of a prolonged strike by the baseball players. In 1998 she was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Regarded a liberal with an incremental, methodical, and thoroughgoing approach to reaching a decision, she was chosen in 2009 by President Barack ObamaObama, Barack
(Barack Hussein Obama 2d), , 1961–, 44th president of the United States (2009–17), b. Honolulu, grad. Columbia (B.A. 1983), Harvard Law School (J.D. 1991).
..... Click the link for more information. to succeed retiring Justice David SouterSouter, David Hackett,
1939–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1990–2009), b. Melrose, Mass. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as New Hampshire's attorney general (1976–78), and on the state's superior court (1978–83) before being
..... Click the link for more information. , becoming the first Hispanic-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bibliography

See her memoir, My Beloved World (2013); study by J. Biskupic (2014).

单词	sotomayor, sonia
释义	Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia (sōtōmīyôr`), 1954–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2009–), b. Bronx, N.Y., to Puerto Rican parents, grad. Princeton (B.A. 1976), Yale (J.D. 1979). She worked as a Manhattan assistant district attorney (1979–84) and was in private practice specializing in intellectual property law before she became a U.S. district court judge for the Southern District of New York in 1992. Three years later she was in the national spotlight when she ruled against the Major League Baseball owners in a case brought by the National Labor Relations Board; her decision led to the end of a prolonged strike by the baseball players. In 1998 she was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Regarded a liberal with an incremental, methodical, and thoroughgoing approach to reaching a decision, she was chosen in 2009 by President Barack ObamaObama, Barack (Barack Hussein Obama 2d), , 1961–, 44th president of the United States (2009–17), b. Honolulu, grad. Columbia (B.A. 1983), Harvard Law School (J.D. 1991). ..... Click the link for more information. to succeed retiring Justice David SouterSouter, David Hackett, 1939–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1990–2009), b. Melrose, Mass. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as New Hampshire's attorney general (1976–78), and on the state's superior court (1978–83) before being ..... Click the link for more information. , becoming the first Hispanic-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Bibliography See her memoir, My Beloved World (2013); study by J. Biskupic (2014).
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