Sonia Sotomayor: The Making of a Judge

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is nominated to the Supreme Court A Hispanic woman judge is Obama's choice to become the next Associate Justice of the High Court
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On Background
Born in Puerto Rico, Judge Sotomayor was brought up in a housing project near Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx. At age 8, she was diagnosed with diabetes.

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