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Sonia Sotomayor
By: Breanne Vodde
1921-1954 Sonia Maria Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. Her father was Juan Sotomayor (born c. 1921), from the area of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and her mother was Celina Báez (born 1927), from the neighborhood of Santa Rosa in Lajas, a still mostly rural area on Puerto Rico's southwest coast. They left Puerto Rico, met, and married during World War II after Celina served in the Women's Army Corps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
Sonia as a child. Sonia and her family.
1946 Sotomayor is a Type One diabetic. She has been open about her diabetes in the past, noting that when she was diagnosed at he age of eight, it foiled her hopes of becoming an investigative detective like her heroine, Nancy Drew. While hardly a debilitating disease , indeed, recent medical advancements have made it quite manageable to live with, there remain enough late-in-life health implications to have sparked debate in legal, political and medical circles over whether it should be a factor in her nomination. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/sonia-sotomayor-10-things_n_207724.html
Diabetes started to affect Sotomayor when she was 8.
1972 In 1972 Sotomayor went to Princeton University on a full scholarship. There were few women, and even fewer Latinos in the school, about 20. She said she felt like an alien there, only knowing Puerto Rico and the Bronx. She ended up going to law school. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/princeton_nj_ap_president.html
Princeton University
1984 After law school, Sotomayor spent five years as Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, trying dozens of criminal cases. Robert Morgenthau, who chose her for the position, described her as a "fearless and effective prosecutor." She entered private practice in 1984, working as an international corporate litigator handling cases involving everything from intellectual property to banking, real estate and contract law. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-c_n_194470.html
Sotomayor spent five years as Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, trying dozens of criminal cases.
1991 Sotomayor had wanted to become a judge since she was in elementary school, and in 1991 she was recommended for a spot by Democratic New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.Moynihan had an arrangement with his fellow New York senator, Republican Al D'Amato, whereby he would get to choose roughly one out of every four New York district court seats even though a Republican was in the White House.Moynihan also wanted to fulfill a public promise he had made to get a Hispanic judge appointed for New York.When Moynihan's staff recommended her to him, they said "Have we got a judge for you!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
She was recommended to be NewYork state Senator.
1992 In 1992, Republican President George H. W. Bush appointed Sotomayor to the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Five current Republican Senators voted in favor of her nomination then: Sens. Collins, Gregg, Hatch, Lugar, Snowe. Among the no votes were current Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, current Minority Whip John Kyl and Sen. Jeff Sessions, currently the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-c_n_194470.html
Bush appointed Sotomayor to the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
1998 In 1998, Judge Sotomayor became the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, one of the most demanding circuits in the country. She has participated in over 3000 panel decisions and authored roughly 400 opinions, handling difficult issues of constitutional law, to complex procedural matters, to lawsuits involving complicated business organizations. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-c_n_194470.html
In 1998, Judge Sotomayor became the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1998 Later, in 1998, President Bill Clinton nominated her to the 2nd Circuit, and she was confirmed with bipartisan support in a 67-29 vote. All Democrats voted in favor of Sotomayor (although three did not vote), while Republicans opposed her by a 29-25 majority. Among those Senators who are still in the chamber today, however, Sotomayor's margin of confirmation was a bit more comfortable: 35-11. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-c_n_194470.html
, President Bill Clinton nominated Sonia to the 2nd Circuit
