Sonia Sotomayor is up for the chance in becoming the country's first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. She was presented to the White House by President Obama on Tuesday morning and became quite a hit among the people. People like to be able to relate to others just as many can to Sotomayor. President Obama wanted to choose someone who had “a common touch and a sense of compassion.”
Sotomayor is most known for her 1995 decision against baseball team owners. The team owners tried to subvert the labor system. She ruled in favor of baseball players rather than the owners of the teams. This ended a long strike and helped the season to resume on schedule.
Sotomayor grew up in the Bronx and was raised by her mother. Her father died when she was nine years old. She attended both Princeton and Yale in goals of becoming a lawyer.
Many people and other judges find her to be fierce, but fair when it comes to rulings and questions in court. Some of the cases and her rulings include: ruling that homeless people working for the Grand Central Partnership must be paid minimum wage, she ruled that prisoners of New York State were allowed to wear beads of the Santeria religion under their belts and she ruled that a White Plains law of prohibiting a menorah being lit in a city park was unconstitutional.
Judge Sotomayor is a judge of the people. Many people find her to be inspirational because she has achieved the American Dream. She has started from alomost nothing in life and worked her way to where she wants to be. She had a dream of becoming a lawyer and she fought to get to where she is today. "The journey from humble beginnings to a respected position of great influence. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/politics/27websotomayor.html?ref=politics
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