Jul 12th, 2009 | NAME -- Sonia Sotomayor.
AGE-BIRTHDATE-LOCATION -- 55; June 25, 1954; New York, N.Y.
EXPERIENCE -- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1998-present; judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992-98; private practice, New York City, 1984-92; assistant district attorney, New York County, 1979-84.
EDUCATION -- B.A., Princeton University, 1976; J.D., Yale Law School, 1979.
FAMILY -- Divorced; no children.
QUOTE -- "I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it."
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