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Sonia Sotomayor: US Supreme Court Justice

President Barack Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in 2009. She was the third woman—the first Latina woman—to serve on the Supreme Court.

She has heard several landmark cases, where she leans liberal in her support, including components of the Affordable Care Act and the legalization of same-sex marriage in the entire United States.