Sonia Sotomayor: the first Latin judge in U.S. history

Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latin judge of the Supreme Court in the history of the United States, assuming this role on August 8, 2009. She was one of six judges who defended a critical component of the Health Care at Low Price Act 2010, known as Obamacare, in King v. Burwell. This Puerto Rican judge has been invited to give more than 180 speeches at the University of New York, Yale Unive…