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Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ ˈsoʊnjə ˌsoʊtoʊmaɪˈjɔːr/ ⓘ, Mutanen Espanya: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ];[1] an haife ta a watan Yuni 25, 1954)[2] lauya ce 'yar Amurka kuma masaniyar shari'a wadda ke aiki a matsayin abokiyar shari'a ta Kotun Koli ta Amurka. Shugaba Barack Obama ne ya zabe ta a ranar 26 ga Mayu, 2009, kuma ta yi aiki tun ranar 8 ga Agusta, 2009. Ita ce mace ta uku, 'yar asalin Hispanic ta farko, kuma Latina ta farko da ta yi aiki a Kotun Koli.[3]
An haifi Sotomayor a cikin Bronx, New York City,[4] ga iyayen da aka haifa Puerto Rican. Mahaifinta ya rasu tana da shekara tara, kuma mahaifiyarta ta rene ta daga baya. Sotomayor ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Princeton a cikin 1976 kuma ta karɓi Juris Doctor daga Makarantar Yale Law a 1979, inda ta kasance editar Jaridar Yale Law.[5] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar lauya a birnin New York na tsawon shekaru hudu da rabi kafin ta shiga aikin sirri a 1984. Ta taka rawa sosai a kan kwamitocin gudanarwa na Asusun Tsaro da Ilimi na Puerto Rican, Hukumar Bayar da Lamuni ta Jihar New York. , da Hukumar Kudi na Yakin Kamfen na Birnin New York.
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Sotomayor[6] a cikin gundumar New York na Bronx.[7] Mahaifinta shine Juan Sotomayor (c. 1921 – 1964), daga yankin Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico,[8] kuma mahaifiyarta ita ce Celina Báez (1927 – 2021),[9] maraya daga Santa Rosa a cikin Lajas, wani yanki na karkara a gabar tekun kudu maso yammacin Puerto Rico.
Su biyun sun bar Puerto Rico daban, sun hadu, kuma sun yi aure a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu bayan Celina ta yi aiki a Rundunar Sojojin Mata.[10] Juan Sotomayor yana da digiri na uku, bai jin Turanci, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin kayan aiki kuma ya mutu; Celina Báez ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin tarho sannan kuma ma'aikaciyar jinya. Kanin Sonia, Juan Sotomayor (an haife shi a c. 1957), daga baya ya zama likita kuma malamin jami'a a yankin Syracuse, New York.[11]
Karatu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Don makarantar nahawu, Sotomayor ta halarci Makarantar Sacrament mai Albarka a cikin Soundview,[12] inda ta kasance mai ba da shawara kuma tana da cikakkiyar rikodin halarta. Ko da yake bai kai shekaru ba, Sotomayor ya yi aiki a wani kantin sayar da kayayyaki da kuma asibiti. Sotomayor ta ce an fara yi mata kwarin guiwa ne daga wata kwakkwarar kwarjini mai suna Nancy Drew mai binciken littafin yara, amma, bayan gano cutar ciwon suga ya sa likitocinta suka ba da shawarar wata hanyar sana’a ta daban, sai ta samu kwarin guiwar neman aikin shari’a kuma ta zama alkali ta hanyar kallo. jerin talabijin na Perry Mason Ta yi tunani a cikin 1998: "Zan je koleji kuma zan zama lauya, kuma na san cewa lokacin da nake da shekaru goma. Goma. Wannan ba abin dariya ba ne. "[13]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Bowers, Andy (May 26, 2009). "How To Pronounce Sotomayor". Slate. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021.
- ↑ Sonia Sotomayor". Oyez. Legal Information Institute (Cornell University), Chicago-Kent College of Law. Archived from the original on October 14, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2018
- ↑ Some sources claim that this distinction belongs to Justice Benjamin Cardozo, a Sephardic Jew believed to be of distant Portuguese descent, who was appointed to the Court in 1932; however, his roots were uncertain, plus, the term "Hispanic" was not in use as an ethnic identifier at the time, and the Portuguese are generally excluded from its meaning.
- ↑ Current Members". www.supremecourt.gov. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ Current Members". www.supremecourt.gov. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ Sotomayor has used Maria as a middle name in the past but seems to have discontinued its use. See Princeton yearbook image Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. In her 2009 questionnaire response to the Senate Judiciary Committee considering her nomination, she listed "Sonia Sotomayor" as her current name, and "Sonia Maria Sotomayor", "Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan", "Sonia Maria Sotomayor Noonan", and "Sonia Noonan" as former names. See United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees, reprinted in proceedings of Senate Hearing no. 111-503, Confirmation Hearing On The Nomination Of Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States Archived June 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. 152. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ Judge of the United States Courts – Sotomayor, Sonia". Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Totenberg, Nina (January 12, 2013). "Sotomayor Opens Up About Childhood, Marriage In 'Beloved World'". NPR. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ Cave, Damien (May 29, 2009). "In Puerto Rico, Supreme Court Pick With Island Roots Becomes a Superstar". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
- ↑ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (May 26, 2009). "Woman in the News: Sotomayor, a Trailblazer and a Dreamer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ↑ Rahme, Dave (May 26, 2009). "Supreme Court nominee's brother hails from Syracuse suburb of Clay". The Post-Standard. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
- ↑ Shallwani, Pervaiz (May 27, 2009). "Resident in Sotomayor's old Bronx apartment feels pride". Newsday.
- ↑ Smith, Greg B. (October 24, 1998). "Judge's Journey to Top: Bronx' Sotomayor Rose From Projects to Court of Appeals". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009.