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Appointed

Sonia Sotomayor

Supreme Court Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Joined the courtAug 8, 200917 years
Appointed byBarack ObamaLife tenure
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17Years on the court
72Age

The Bench

John RobertsChief Justice · since 2005Clarence ThomasJustice · since 1991Samuel AlitoJustice · since 2006Elena KaganJustice · since 2010Neil GorsuchJustice · since 2017Brett KavanaughJustice · since 2018Amy Coney BarrettJustice · since 2020Ketanji Brown JacksonJustice · since 2022

About

Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009. She is the third woman U.S. Supreme Court justice.

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Judicial Record

67Cases OT2025
72%In the Majority
19Dissents
6Majority Opinions

22 opinions written this term, counting concurrences and dissents

Recent decisions

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Positions as recorded by The Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al., 2026 Release 01). “Sided with” counts cases where both justices took part; concurring counts with the majority.

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