The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Sonia Sotomayor is a prominent figure in the U.S. judicial system, known for her thoughtful approach to law and her commitment to social justice. This interview reveals her ability to build trust and foster understanding across different communities, highlighting her role as a mediator and coalition builder.
“You remember everyone does who was alive then september eleventh. And one of the most striking moments for me was watching television shortly after. Of the airplane. Listening to a woman from the midware at West who was being interviewed who said, I've been watching how all of the people in New York have been handling this.”
“Thankfully, the local library was in a shopping center nearby. And it was on the second floor of a building that housed the Macy's at the time. I told that the Macy's is no longer there, and they've built a brand new library, freestanding library in the neighborhood. But back then, I went to that Macy's.”
“I don't know I do know I talk about in the book this first day that I took the bench as a district court judge and I described the fact that I resisted doing it for a long time. I was forced into the courtroom by the marshals.”
“It didn't take me long to realize that a good reason or a main reason was that I was Latina. And they weren't. And she was asking me whether I was receiving favoritism that they weren't. Took me a long time to give her the response in my head that I should have given her at the time.”
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