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Supreme court, says that she prefers to be called sonia from the bronx. Supreme court justice sonia sotomayors memoir my beloved country. She graduated from yale law school and passed the bar in 1980. Before supreme court justice sonia sotomayor took her seat in our nations highest court, she was just a little girl in the south bronx. It is also an early assessment of her performance on the court, her relationships with her colleagues, and the particular influence she is likely to exert on future decisions. There was a genuine tension inside room 110 of the federal courthouse at 40 centre street that friday morning.
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