On May 26, 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Maria Sotomayor for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Justice David Souter. Judge Sotomayor is currently a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Hispanic justice and its third female justice. The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings for the US Supreme Court on July 13, 2009.
Below are legal opinions written by Judge Sotomayor and additional resources.
- Legal Opinions by Judge Sotomoyor http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sr?shr=t&csi=6496&sr=opinionby(sotomayor)
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- (off campus access to the legal opinions are available to currently enrolled students)
- Legal resources from the law library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/law/find/sotomayor.php
- Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court-Sonia Sotmayor - Questionnaire materials given to the Senate Judiciary Committee http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/Sotomayor/SoniaSotomayor-Questionnaire.cfm
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