when sonia sotomayor was appointed to the supreme court quizlet
Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ËsoÊnjÉ ËsoÊtÉËmaÉªÉr/, Spanish: [Ësonja sotomaËÊor]; born June 25, 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. She has the distinction of being its first justice of Hispanic heritage, the first Latina, its third female justice, and its twelfth Roman Catholic justice.