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    Sonia Sotomayor

    Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2009

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  1. Apr 8, 2022 · The remaining six justices -- John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett -- are Catholic. Thus, the court will consist of six Catholics,...

  2. Sonia's younger brother, Juan Sotomayor (born c. 1957), later became a physician and university professor in the Syracuse, New York, area. [15] [16] Sotomayor was raised a Catholic [3] and grew up in Puerto Rican communities in the South Bronx and East Bronx ; she calls herself a " Nuyorican ". [13]

    • Sonia Maria Sotomayor, June 25, 1954 (age 69), New York City, New York, U.S.
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  3. Jul 7, 2009 · If the Senate confirms the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the nation’s highest court, there will be six Catholics on the Supreme Court. So far this is the most reported...

  4. Sotomayor, then serving as a federal trial judge, struck down the resolution as an unconstitutional content-based regulation of speech. A hybrid case involving two First Amendment protections (speech and religion), Flamer is seen as a victory for proponents of unfettered religious speech.

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  6. Jul 15, 2022 · With five, maybe six, Catholic conservative justices and one Catholic liberal justice (Sonia Sotomayor), seven out of nine justices are of the same religion. Justice Elena Kagan is Jewish and new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has said she is a nondenominational Protestant.

  7. Mar 6, 2023 · A former federal and appellate judge, Sonia Sotomayor became an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009. She is the first Latina justice in history.

  8. Sep 1, 2021 · She was raised Roman Catholic and attended Cardinal Spellman High School, where she graduated as valedictorian in 1972. Drawing inspiration from Nancy Drew books, Perry Mason television shows, and time she spent in student government in high school, Sotomayor knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a legal career.

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