The nearer one was, in fact, to the realities that had insp… - Sonia Sotomayor

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The nearer one was, in fact, to the realities that had inspired those laws, the more persuasively one could argue for the justice of upholding them.

Sonia Sotomayor

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Sonia Maria Sotomayor (born 25 June 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (since 2009), and a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1998–2009) and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1992–1998).

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Alternative Names: Sonia Maria Sotomayor • Justice Sotomayor

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The nearer one was, in fact, to the realities that had inspired those laws, the more persuasively one could argue for the justice of upholding them. - Sonia Sotomayor

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