Sonia Sotomayor

Justice Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor both became members of the Supreme Court, but it wasn't easy for the two of them. They had to go through a lot of school and both had big obstacles. For example, Justice was rejected from a lot of jobs because she was a woman. Sonia has type-1 diabetes. Both of these things impacted them greatly, but they didn't let that stop them. Justice Ginsburg overcame a lot of challenges in her life, and that is what I will be explaining in this paragraph. Justice was…

Sonia Sotomayor was in the position of the narrator from “The Road Not Taken”. She had to make the decision on what road to take. Both characters were in the process of making a decision that would impact their life dramatically and both had to think hard and work around things they were trying to avoid. The narrator from “The Road Not Taken” and Justice Sotomayor seem to look back at that moment in the future and see how it affected everything. Sonia seems happy with her decision to be a lawyer…

At the beginning of “Chapter 7, “My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor writes, “The vague shame overhanging my father’s alcoholism silenced any conversation among the adults that might have caused me to question what I thought” (64). Sotomayor's father, Juli, had the biggest transformation in his life from being the smartest and cleverest to turning into an alcoholic. On the other hand, Sotomayor’s mother, Celina, had a good transformation, from being poor and living in poverty to getting married…

heavily satirical, literary personality. However, few authors from the Black Arts Era exemplify a character as alluring and dynamic as Sonia Sanchez does. Specifically, Sanchez flaunts a biting and raw disposition, that is indicative…

Among the many identities Justice Sotomayor had to struggle with, her racial identity was the most crucial in shaping herself and her future, because the moral philosophy she developed to adapt to instances of prejudice ultimately shaped her ideas of justice and of how one should interact with the world. Race has a dual nature, both in the way it constructs individuals’ identities and in the way it exists ontologically. Race has the capacity to make a person feel alien, estranged and feel a…

Understanding Latina Political Leadership As said by Sonia Sotomayor, a justice in the Supreme Court in the United States of America, “Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.” Sonia Sotomayor has worked her way up to be the first Latina of the Supreme Court as of 2009. Throughout history, Females have had to work extremely hard to gain the same rights as the white man,…

Supreme Court Justice and Latina woman, Sonia Sotomayor once stated, “The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.” After given much thought on what it means to be an Idaho Latina, I could not think of how to describe the feeling or how one thinks, acts, and lives. I feel like I haven’t found my place in the Hispanic population in school even though I am full Hispanic. I don’t speak Spanish fluently, I am at a different academic level than other Hispanics, and I have different interests.…

Judicial Assignment 1. Describe the two judicial philosophies? First there is Judicial Activism, which is a doctrine holding that the federal judiciary should take an active role by using its powers to check the activities of governmental bodies when those bodies exceed their authority. (Bades, 2016) Then there is Judicial Restraint which is A doctrine holding that the courts should defer to the decisions made by the elected representatives of the people in the legislative and executive…

constant blood glucose monitoring. So, when Sotomayor detailed the moment she received the list of careers she could never have due to her diabetes, my heart broke for her. I know that as a child, I would have been devastated to hear all the things that I would never be able to achieve; all the dreams I could never accomplish. I believe that with every disease, disability, or disadvantage, it is not…

Sonia Sotomayor, a judge, in her speech Opening Statement to The Senate Judiciary Committee, describes her past and her accomplishments such as all of her experience being a judge and her nomination into the supreme court by president Obama. She writes about her experiences and shares her accomplishments so that her audience sees why she is a good candidate to be in the supreme court. Sotomayor’s purpose is to persuade and seek the support of the judges and America for her election into the…