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Sotomayor, 70, is in good health and a vigorous participant in the court's work. She is well below the average retirement age of 75, and her diabetes, which she has had since childhood, remains ...
There’s no guarantee that the two conservatives — or Sotomayor, whom President Obama nominated to the court in 2009 — will retire during Trump’s time in the White House.
Democrats are not joining calls for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire but fear a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leading to a more conservative court.
On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote about 380 opinions. Sotomayor has taught at the New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice David Souter. Her nomination was confirmed ...
The first was Judge Sonia Sotomayor [1] to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice David H. Souter. [2] Sotomayor was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6, 2009, by a vote of 68–31. The second appointment was that of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace the retired John Paul Stevens
Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 2009 by a 68–31 vote, and was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on August 8, 2009, becoming the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme ...
Sotomayor, 70, is in “great health, and the court needs her now more than ever,” one person close to the justice told CNN. With 71 days until Trump’s inauguration, there are concerns that a ...
This was the fifteenth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court. Sonia Sotomayor 2023 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality: 4 Concurrence: 5