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"From a leading judicial biographer comes the untold story of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court justice. To become the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor went against the odds. Her historic appointment in 2009--made by President Obama, whose own 2008 victory appeared improbable--flowed from cultural and political changes in America that helped lift up this daughter of a Puerto Rican nurse and a factory worker. Sotomayor saw opportunities and, with street smarts and savvy, she seized them. In Breaking In, journalist Joan Biskupic weaves a political narrative…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2015Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 288 pages · 9780374535667
- Other · English · 2014Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 274 pages · 9780374298746
JudgesWomen judgesHispanic American judgesBiographyLAW / Legal HistoryNew York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedJudges, biography