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Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.
Sonia Sotomayor
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Sonia Sotomayor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 25
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
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Every lawyer, no matter whom they represent, is trying to help someone, whether it's a person, a corporation, a government entity, or a small or big business. To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.
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If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.
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I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
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All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.
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This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear.
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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.
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As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he died of AIDS. Would I and my brother have been able to resist the lure of drugs in the surrounding schools? Who knows.
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I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.
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There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
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You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
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I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t hide within it.
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Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value.
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When you marry young, you run the risk that you'll grow in different directions.
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I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.
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No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.
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The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.
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The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.
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