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U.S. Senate Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor Home | Site Map | Contact Home > Nominations > Supreme Court Print Page | Email Page | Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor Executive Nominations Did You Know? Only one On May 26, 2009, President Obama announced that he would nominate Sonia Sotomayor to be Chairman of the Senate Judicial Nominations an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee hearing to consider Judiciary Committee has the nomination was held from July 13-16, 2009. The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to gone on to serve as President the Senate for consideration on July 28, 2009. The Senate confirmed the nomination on August 6, of the United States. Martin Supreme Court 2009. Van Buren served as Chairman from 1823 to 1828, Nominations Hearings Justice Sotomayor was born on June 25, and became the eighth 1954, in New York City. She earned her B.A. President in 1836, serving from Princeton University in 1976, and in one term. 1979, graduated from Yale Law School. She worked as an assistant district attorney from the New York County District Attorney's Office from 1979 to 1984. Judge Sotomayor worked in private practice from 1984 until 1992. She was nominated by President George H.W. 09/20/2011 02:30 PM Bush to a seat on the U.S. District Court for Nominations the Southern District of New York, a seat to which she was confirmed in 1992. In 1998, 09/15/2011 10:00 AM after being nominated by President Bill Executive Business Clinton, Sotomayor was confirmed to the U.S. Meeting Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 09/14/2011 10:00 AM The Trafficking Victims Committee Questionnaire and Related Materials Protection Letters and Materials Sent and Received in Connection with the Nomination Reauthorization Act: Photo Gallery Renewing the Transcript Commitment to Victims of Human Trafficking A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination is available through the Government Webcast Archive Printing Office. Committee Questionnaire Committee Questionnaire - Appendix June 19, 2009 - Questionnaire Supplement June 15, 2009 - Questionnaire Supplement Supplemental Attachment 1 - Article by Thomas Schweitzer Supplemental Attachment 2 - October 10, 1980 Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Letter Supplemental Attachment 3 - March 3, 1981 Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Document Supplemental Attachment 4 - March 13, 1984 Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reorganization and Long-Range Planning Supplemental Attachment 5 - June 19, 1987 Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund Memorandum Supplemental Attachment 6 - September 2, 1987 Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Memorandum Supplemental Attachment 7 - January 27, 1988 Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Memorandum Supplemental Attachment 8 - April 13, 1988 - Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Memorandum Supplemental Attachment 9 - Judgements in United States of America v. Paul V. Bauers and United States of America v. Milton Gottesman Supplemental Attachment 10 - Appellant's Brief in 90-7322 Supplemental Attachment 11 - Appellee's Brief in 90-7322 Supplemental Attachment 12 - Appellant's Reply Brief in 90-73 Supplemental Attachment 13 - March 21, 2003 Indiana University, Maurer School http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/SotomayorIndex.cfm[9/21/2011 12:08:01 PM] Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor of Law, Civil Procedure Course Supplemental Attachment 14 - March 21, 2003 Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Criminal Procedure Course Supplemental Attachment 15 - Sweeper v. Scully Supplemental Attachment 16 - Emile v. Browner Supplemental Attachment 17 - Bowers v. Navistar Supplemental Attachment 18 - Flamer v. City of White Plains Supplemental Attachment 19 - Medmar v. Fahem Supplemental Attachment 20 - Nonferrous v. Agricultural Bank Supplemental Attachment 21 - February 25, 2005, Duke Law School Speech (video filed with the Committee) Supplemental Attachment 22 - May 21, 2006, Hofstra University Speech (video filed with the Committee) Supplemental Attachment 23 - November 12, 1993, Preiskel/Silverman Event (video filed with the Committee) Supplemental Attachment 24 - December 10, 2003, Developmental School for Youth Graduation Ceremony (video filed with the Committee) Supplemental Attachment 25 - May 17, 2009, El Diario Luncheon Remarks Supplemental Attachment 26 - Women and the Leadership Q Profile Supplemental Attachment 27 - Women and the Leadership Q Book Excerpt Supplemental Attachment 28 - Spring 2005, Developmental School for Youth Graduation Ceremony (video filed with the Committee) Supplemental Attachment 29 - Spring 2006, Developmental School for Youth Graduation Ceremony (video filed with the Committee) Supplemental Attachment 30 - Minutes from meetings of the Program Committee of the Board of Directors of the State of New York Mortgage Agency Supplemental Attachment 31 - Minutes from meetings of the Personnel and Affirmative Action Committee of the Board of Directors of the State of New York Mortgage Agency Supplemental Attachment 32 - Files from the New York District Attorney's Office June 5, 2009 - Questionnaire Supplement March 24, 1981 - Memorandum to the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, from the Task Force on the Bill to Restore the Death Penalty in New York State Question 12A May 10, 1974 - Letter to the Editor: Anti-Latino discrimination at Princeton, The Daily Princetonian September 12, 1974 - Letter to the Editor: Criticizing the process of selecting a 'minority dean,' The Daily Princetonian February 27, 1976 - Letter to the Editor: Criticizing and anti-gay attack on campus, The Daily Princetonian 1979 - Note, Statehood and the Equal Footing Doctrine: The Case for Puerto Rican Seabed Rights, 88 Yale Law Journal 825 1996 - Sonia Sotomayor & Nicole A. Gordon, Returning Majesty to the Law and Politics: A Modern Approach, 30 Suffolk University Law Review 35 2002 - A Latina Judge's Voice, 13 Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 87 2004 - Tribute to John Sexton, 60 N.Y.U. Annual Survey of American Law 23 2007 - Foreword to Daniel Terris, et al., The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases Question 12B April 10, 1981 - Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Letter to to Governor Carey opposing the reinstatement of the death penalty November 21, 1997 - Report of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts November 21, 1997 - Report of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, Appendix B November 21, 1997 - Report of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, Appendix C February 2001 - Fordham Self Study Report Question 12C June 1992 - Transcript of Hearing for District Court Nomination, Part 1 September 1997 - Transcript of Hearing for Circuit Court Nomination Question 12D Date Not Listed - Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico, Panel: Women in the Judiciary Early 1990s - Practicing Law Institute: "Facing the '90s as a Woman Lawyer in Corporate Law Practice" (video filed with Committee) April 1, 1993 - American Bar Association Section on Litigation and Prentice Hall Law & Business Conference: "The Woman Advocate" (panel news clippings) August 27, 1993 - Second Circuit Naturalization Proceedings and Attorney Admissions Proceedings Naturalization - Part 1 and Part 2 November 12, 1993 - Yale Law School Presikel/Silverman Event, "Doing What's http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/SotomayorIndex.cfm[9/21/2011 12:08:01 PM] Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor Right: Ethical Questions for Private Practitioners Who Have Done or Will Do Public Service" 1994 - Federal Judicial Center, "Your First Year on the Bench" (video filed with Committee) March 17, 1994 - Revista Juridica de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, "Women in the Judiciary" March 19, 1994 - Revista Juridica de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 40th National Law Review Conference January 17, 1995 - Hogan-Morgenthau Associations, The Hogan-Morgenthau Award February 5, 1996 - Suffolk University Law School, "Returning Majesty to the Law and Politics: A Modern Approach" March 15, 1996 - Latino and Latina American Law Students Association of Hofstra University School of Law, Remarks at the 3rd Annual Awards Banquet and Dinner Dance for the Latino and Latina American Law Students Association May 17, 1996 - Hispanic National Bar Association, Remarks at the National Board of Governors Reception November 7, 1996 - Princeton University, Remarks at the Latino Heritage Month Celebration February 19, 1997 - Puerto Rican Bar Association, Introduction of Judge Jose Cabranes at the 1997 Cocktail Reception Recognizing Excellence in the Judiciary May 15, 1997 - Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage, Introduction of John D. Feerick at the Hispanic Judges Dinner September 14, 1997 - Hunts Point Multi-Service Center, Inc., Remarks at the 30th Anniversary Event October 16, 1997 - International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, Remarks at Luncheon on International Counterfeiting September 15, 1998 - U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Remarks at Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration of Women in Leadership September 22, 1998 - New
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