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Sotomayor chides prosecutor for ‘racially charged’ question

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused a Texas federal prosecutor Monday of tapping into a “deep and sorry vein of racial prejudice” in his questioning of a black man facing a drug charge.

 

Sotomayor tells life story shaped by disease, overcoming adversity

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Very soon after being diagnosed with diabetes, 7-year-old Sonia Sotomayor decided she would not depend on the adults in her life — a distant, overworked mother, a doomed, alcoholic father — for the daily shots of insulin that would keep her alive. Read full article >>

 

Justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills.

 

Sotomayor Gets Nearly $1.2 Million for Memoir

Sotomayor Gets Nearly $1.2 Million for Memoir

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she received nearly $1.2 million to write a memoir of her rise from a South Bronx housing project to the nation's highest court.

 

Justice Sotomayor aims to inspire by writing memoir

Justice Sotomayor aims to inspire by writing memoir

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will write a "coming-of-age memoir" detailing her modest immigrant upbringing in New York to her appointment as the first Hispanic to serve on the nation's highest court, said publisher Alfred A. Knopf on Monday.

 

Sonia Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court justice

Chief Justice Roberts administers the oath on a quiet morning so she can begin work 'without delay,' he says.

 

Senate confirms Sotomayor, first Hispanic on Supreme Court

Senate confirms Sotomayor, first Hispanic on Supreme Court

Judge Sonia Sotomayor won U.S. Senate approval on Thursday to become the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Support mounts for Sotomayor

A seventh Republican broke ranks on Wednesday and backed Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who appeared virtually certain of winning Senate approval as the first Hispanic on the highest U.S. court.

 

Senate panel approves Sotomayor

Senate panel approves Sotomayor

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, all but ensuring she will become the court's first Hispanic justice.

 

Senate Republicans delay Sotomayor vote

Senate Republicans on Tuesday slowed down the anticipated confirmation of U.S. President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor.

 

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