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Sonia Sotomayor said Friday that she is touched by the outpouring of public support as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court but disappointed with the commercialization of her image and, at times, startled by her own celebrity.
Sonia Sotomayor is visiting Puerto Rico this week for the first time since becoming the U.S. Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice, an achievement that has made her a celebrity in her parents' Caribbean homeland.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, got to deliver the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term.
Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.
Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmation process — up to a point.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says her nomination process was so tightly scripted that even her clothes were chosen for her.
A funny thing happened on Sonia Sotomayor's drive to Washington to be announced as President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee: She got lost.
Sonia Sotomayor was right down the middle with her ceremonial pitch at Yankee Stadium.
Twenty minutes into her first argument as a Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor wasn't shy about taking on two legal heavyweights in an important case that could open a door to a flood of corporate campaign spending.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is getting into the swing of being a member of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court's newest member and first Hispanic, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, has spoken emotionally about her ascension to the high court.
Puerto Ricans cheered Sonia Sotomayor's swearing-in Saturday as the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court, calling her rise to the nation's highest court a huge source of pride in the U.S. territory.
Sonia Sotomayor has gained admission to the Marble Palace. Now she has to figure out how the Supreme Court works.
Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court's newest justice Saturday, pledging during a brief ceremony at the high court to defend the Constitution and administer impartial justice.
If there is one place where any bad feelings from the hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination could have lasting consequences, it's Florida, the pesky swing state that the second-largest Puerto Rican community outside the island calls home.
An ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy did not attend a vote on the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') to the Supreme Court.
When Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in Saturday to the Supreme Court, she'll be able to claim two firsts: first Hispanic justice and first high court member to have her oath-taking made available to TV cameras.
The 68-31 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be a Supreme Court associate justice.
The 68-31 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed the Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be a Supreme Court associate justice.
Sonia Sotomayor bathed in applause from friends and colleagues at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan Thursday as the Senate voted to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') sat among scores of friends and colleagues at a federal courthouse in New York City as the Senate voted to confirm her at the next Supreme Court justice.
Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics. She'll be sworn in Saturday as the court's 111th justice, third woman and first nominee by a Democrat in 15 years. The Senate vote was 68-31 to confirm Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee.
President Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor will be sworn in as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court on Saturday, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering two oaths of office.
From Capital Eye Opener: Monday, November 2 Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on November 2, 2009 9:46 AM
Supreme Court Memo - Sotomayor Puts Stamp on a Day at CourtWASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor may be new, but she is not shy. She quickly established herself this week as a significant force in Supreme Court arguments, asking clipped, pointed and sometimes impatient questions.
Sotomayor shows she's no Clarence Thomas as Supreme Court opensA recast Supreme Court kicked off its new season Monday, with novice Justice Sonia Sotomayor immediately taking center stage.
Inside the Beltway - Washington TimesThe woes of Gen. mcChrystal, the "OLA", Supreme Court for Sotomayor.
On first day of court's new term, Sotomayor jumps into questioning - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.comA recast Supreme Court kicked off its new term Monday, with novice Justice Sonia Sotomayor immediately taking center stage.
Sotomayor Debuts as Supreme Court Returns - Political News - FOXNews.comJustice David Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice John Paul Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice John Roberts hasn't thrown out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium.
Sotomayor Makes Her Debut on Supreme Court | NBC New YorkSonia Sotomayor will make history as the nation's first Latina justice today when the ideologically split Supreme Court kicks off a new term.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor's free-speech tests Supreme Court observers will be watching to see whether the new justice's rulings will depart from the liberal voting record of her predecessor.
SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor: "created corporations as persons, gave birth to corporations as persons, There could be an argument made that that was the court's error to start with...[imbuing] a creature of state law with human characteristics."In her maiden Supreme Court appearance last week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a provocative comment that probed the foundations of corporate law.
Are Obama's judges really liberals?The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to use that first appointment to say, 'This is a new way of doing things.
This Just In ... Obama Is a Leftist! by Larry ElderLarry Elder asked, "What does it take for some to wake up?" after he summed up Obama's first 100 plus Day report card.
COAL Obama video PUBLIC EDUCATION SUBVERTS Washington Lies - Walter Williams HOME MORTGAGES Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters and others are up to their eyeballs in this.
How 31 votes can lose a constituency During his recent HBO special, "Tall, Dark and Chicano," comedian George Lopez tore a hole in the Big Tent.
Commentary: Are conservatives consistent? - CNN.comThis is a really good question. Why didn't the conservatives support Gates? Why is there so much inconsistency?
This comes as a blow to me, and it's a win for Obama. I knew from what others said that it was going to happen. The sad thing is; it's apt to happen again, maybe more than once. We have a judge that considers her mind to be superior to the mind of a white male.
This is a question not difficult to answer for the millions of voters who voted the GOP out of power.
Something I've noticed about Barak Obama: We finally have an adult in the white house.
Sonia Sotomayor will make a big difference In any group as small as the nine-member Supreme Court, the departure of one person and the arrival of a very different one likely will alter the dynamics.
Proud to be a 'wise Latina' My daughter is learning all of these lessons from Sotomayor, a Puerto Rican woman.
Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by the Senate today. The vote was 68 to 31. Senator Ted Kennedy was not present to vote because he suffers from brain cancer and was too ill to attend.
Sonia Sotomayor confirmed on a 68-31 vote as Supreme Court justice - Text Size-+reset The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic and third female justice, reshaping the highest court in the land.
Sotomayor confirmation vote set for Thursday afternoon - CNN.comWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor was expected to easily win Senate confirmation Thursday as two more Republican senators announced their support for the country's first Hispanic high court pick.
The ghost of Lee Atwater is back as the Conservative movement tries to tear the country apartexcerpt: ""It has taken a real crisis to combat the very successful campaign strategy that Atwater championed to win George H.W. Bush the White House in '88. The same techniques that Karl Rove mastered and implemented in beating McCain and then Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004.
NRA losing its fight v. Sotomayor - threats to punish senators have been met with a shrug WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association's threat to punish senators who vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been met with a shrug by Democrats from conservative-leaning states and some Republicans who are breaking with their party to support her.
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