Showing posts with label soniasotomayor puertorican boricua bronx newyorkcity ussupremecourtjustice presidentbarackobama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soniasotomayor puertorican boricua bronx newyorkcity ussupremecourtjustice presidentbarackobama. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2009

Sotomayor Pledges Impartial Justice if Confirmed

Here's a clip of Sonia Sotomayor's pledge Monday to serve as an impartial justice if she is confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court. If she is named, she would become the first Hispanic to serve in that post. She pledges "fidelity to the law." 

Listen to what she has to say.

source: AP at YouTube

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Prez chooses boricua for Supreme Court Justice

BRONX BORICUA for the high court. Way to go.

President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday.

Check out this blog entry in the New York Times' blog about this "Kid From the Bronx."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/politics/27websotomayor.html

Saturday, May 02, 2009

A boricua is being considered for U.S. Supreme Court Justice


Activism

I just joined a Facebook group in support of Sonia Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor is reportedly on the Obama Administration's short-list for U.S. Supreme Court Justice. If nominated and confirmed, she will become the first Hispanic and third woman to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sotomayor hails from the Bronx and is of boricua roots. It is about time to bring in a younger and more diverse group of judges to the U.S. Supreme Court y porque no bring in some change with a boricua with South Bronx roots.

Obama was elected to office on a ticket of change. Many Latinos and women voted for him. I hope and believe he has the same vision of change for the U.S. Supreme Court. Supposedly, this seat is going to be filled by a woman. I do hope it is a Latina.


Biography:

Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954 in New York City. She was raised in the South Bronx by working class parents of Puerto Rican descent. She attended college at Princeton University. She also attended Yale Law School, where she distinguished herself as editor of the Yale Law journal. Following law school, Judge Sotomayor served as Assistant District Attorney under the prominent New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. After leaving the District Attorney's office and working in private practice for several years she was soon thereafter nominated to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 1992, after being confirmed by the Senate, she became the first Hispanic federal level judge in New York. Then, under the Clinton Administration, Judge Sotomayor was nominated for the seat she currently holds, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.


To join the Facebook group and support this Bronx boricua, go to
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74491867940&ref=mf