Key Facts
- Appointed By
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- 2009
- Age
- 72
- Tenure
- 17 years
- Senate Vote
- 68-31
- Education
- Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude), Yale Law School (J.D.)
Biography
Sonia Sotomayor was born in 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Puerto Rican parents.
Nominated by Barack Obama in 2009, she became the first Hispanic and Latina justice on the Supreme Court.
Judicial Philosophy
Sotomayor is the Court's most liberal member.
Notable Opinions
Criticized the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful stops.