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Sonia Sotomayor Criminal Justice

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In the United States there are three branches to our national government. The Judicial Branch deals with upholding the law and at times interpreting the law. The Judicial Branch is tiered, having several levels of courts, of which the Supreme Court is the highest. The Supreme Court is composed of nine justices who are tasked with hearing important cases and reviewing, when the need arises, certain laws. The level of work, intelligence, and skill required of those who sit as justices in this court is demanding, and only the best can even qualify for the job. One current Justice is Sonia Sotomayor. Her life is the perfect example of how a justice should be. Justice Sotomayor was born in the Bronx in New York in 1954. Her family emigrated there from Puerto Rico around the time World War II was …show more content…

Sonia lost her father at the early age of nine and was also diagnosed with type I diabetes only a year earlier. However, this did not stop her from having dreams and ambitions. From the age of ten she was determined to attend law school and to become an attorney. She graduated as the Valedictorian of her high school class. In college she first attended Princeton University on a full scholarship. Once Sotomayor graduated from Princeton, and after she married, she entered Yale Law School. After many years of hard work and excellent marks, she graduated from the Law School and from her school life. Sotomayor was hired straight out of school as an assistant district attorney of New York County. Sotomayor excelled at cross-examining and at simplifying matters for the sake of the audience. Alongside being well known for her skill she was also well known for her Democratic/Liberal leanings politically. After four years as an assistant attorney she began her own solo Law Firm, maintaining it for three or four years. Also, while she operated her own law firm she worked for another private law

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