Sonia Sotomayor: The Making of a Judge
Adam Nadel / AP
Looking the Part
In 1998, Sotomayor was promoted, by President Bill Clinton, from her seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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