Book contents
- Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the American Judiciary
- Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the American Judiciary
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Qualification, Selection, and Retirement Characteristics of Women, Minorities, and Minority-Women State Supreme Court Judges
- 2 Latinas and the Texas Judiciary
- 3 Structural and Partisan Effects on the Ascension of Women of Color to State Appellate Courts
- 4 LGBT Judges in the United States
- 5 Race, Gender, and the Battle to Seat Constance Baker Motley, the First Black Woman Appointed to the Federal Bench
- 6 Diversity Abound
- 7 Marked for Excellence
- 8 Navigating Rising to the Top: Justice Sotomayor
- Concluding Remarks
- Index
- References
8 - Navigating Rising to the Top: Justice Sotomayor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2018
Book contents
- Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the American Judiciary
- Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the American Judiciary
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Qualification, Selection, and Retirement Characteristics of Women, Minorities, and Minority-Women State Supreme Court Judges
- 2 Latinas and the Texas Judiciary
- 3 Structural and Partisan Effects on the Ascension of Women of Color to State Appellate Courts
- 4 LGBT Judges in the United States
- 5 Race, Gender, and the Battle to Seat Constance Baker Motley, the First Black Woman Appointed to the Federal Bench
- 6 Diversity Abound
- 7 Marked for Excellence
- 8 Navigating Rising to the Top: Justice Sotomayor
- Concluding Remarks
- Index
- References
Summary
Samantha L. Hernandez discusses Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s rise to the highest court in the country. In a 2017 lecture held at Arizona State University, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was asked to reflect on how she made it all the way to the Supreme Court. Her candid discussion highlighted parallels found in women and politics literature focusing on ambition and opportunity. Sotomayor hints at important changes that can happen when a minority or a woman is sitting on the bench. Hernandez delves into potential changes in the judiciary by examining the number of women and minorities in the legal and judicial pipeline. In order to examine the effect of having a Latina on the Supreme Court, Hernandez uses Sotomayor’s dissent in the Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action to highlight differences in case positions.
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