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Sotomayor ’76 Becomes First Hispanic, 11th Princetonian Justice on Supreme Court
Thursday, 06 August 2009
by Brian No
The United States Senate, by a vote of 68 to 31, confirmed Sonia Sotomayor ’76 as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice this afternoon. She joins fellow Princetonian Justice Samuel Alito ’72 on the high court, who was confirmed in 2006 by a vote of 58 to 42. The confirmation vote was largely along
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News