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Thanks for the post. Can you point to something that says this? We currently have this footnote in the article:
"^ Sotomayor had the middle name Maria at birth, but may have stopped using it later in life. See Princeton yearbook image. In her 2009 questionnaire response to the Senate Judiciary Committee considering her nomination, she listed "Sonia Sotomayor" as her current name, and "Sonia Maria Sotomayor", "Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan", "Sonia Maria Sotomayor Noonan", and "Sonia Noonan" as former names. See United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionairre for Judicial Nominees, reprinted in proceedings of Senate Hearing no. 111-503, Confirmation Hearing On The Nomination Of Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, p. 152. Accessed February 13, 2012."
Why no mention whatsoever about Sotomayor belonging to the liberal wing in the opening paragraphs??
Hi. Just wondering why neither Sotomayor nor Kagan have anything at all in their opening paragraphs that detail their decidedly liberal leanings? I think everyone would agree that these two Associate Justices are members of the Court’s liberal wing, and I’m sure there’s plenty of citations to support it. Further, it’s not like any other Justice lacks a similar description of where they stand on the Court politically speaking. Don't believe me? Observe:
(taken from the opening paragraphs on each Justice's Wikipedia page)
Roberts: “He has been described as having a conservative judicial philosophy in his jurisprudence."
Scalia: “Scalia has been described as the intellectual anchor of the Court's conservative wing."
Kennedy: “Kennedy has often been the "swing vote" on many of the Court's 5–4 decisions."
Thomas: “He is generally viewed as among the most conservative members of the Court."
Ginsburg: “She is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the Court."
Breyer: “Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court."
Alito: “Alito has been described by the Cato Institute as a conservative jurist with a libertarian streak.”
Sotomayor: (nothing)
Kagan: (nothing)
What gives? I’m sure it’s just an innocent oversight, right? But if so, could someone who’s logged in (and who has access to this "locked" page) please rectify this situation in order to conform to the other Justices’ opening paragraphs? Fair is fair, after all. Thanks122.25.244.97 (talk) 10:57, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I've added text from the article body to the lead: "On the court, Sotomayor has been a reliable member of the liberal bloc when the justices divide along the commonly perceived ideological lines." That qualifier is important because a large number of cases are unanimous, and another bunch of cases are on obscure tax or business law or similar issues and don't divide ideologically. Wasted Time R (talk) 12:23, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ONE THING OF IMPORTANCE
Number 1- hispanic and latino are not interchangeable. Either she is Latina or Hispanic, or you must always write "the first Hispanic, Latino or Spanish Justice" instead of "the first hispanic justice". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.189.66.49 (talk) 19:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The two terms mean somewhat different things, but there is a large intersection between them, and Sotomayor as part of that intersection. A Google News Archive search for her name and 'Hispanic' gets 7,400 hits, while one with 'Latina' gets 4,800 hits, so both characterizations of her are in common use. So I think it's okay if the article uses both terms as well. Wasted Time R (talk) 00:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sources have conflicted on this, including the two given here, but page 11 of her recently-published memoir says "I was not yet eight years old when I was diagnosed with diabetes." So I've changed it to age seven, and moved the other source out. Wasted Time R (talk) 22:17, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Why no mention of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo as the first hispanic supreme court judge?
From the wiki page on Cardozo:
Both Cardozo's maternal grandparents, Sara Seixas and Isaac Mendes Seixas Nathan, and his paternal grandparents, Ellen Hart and Michael H. Cardozo, were Sephardi Jews of the Portuguese Jewish community affiliated with Manhattan's Congregation Shearith Israel; their families emigrated from England before the American Revolution, and were descended from Jews who left the Iberian Peninsula for Holland during the Inquisition.[2] Cardozo family tradition held that their ancestors were Marranos from Portugal,[2] although Cardozo's ancestry has not been firmly traced to Portugal.[3] "Cardozo" (archaic spelling of Cardoso), "Seixas" and "Mendes" are common Portuguese surnames.
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.. Mdann52 (talk) 19:42, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Done. Seems reasonable. I've added it, using a more direct link instead of the template. (If that runs afoul of some convention I'm unaware of, feel free to reopen this request.) Rivertorch (talk) 19:45, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
