Yesterday began Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first official day on the nation’s highest court. But that wasn’t her first time behind the high court bench. Justice Sotomayor actually joined the court last month in time to hear a special oral argument regarding campaign finance regulations. But the featured argument on the court’s first full day yesterday was over how long a suspect’s request for a lawyer should remain valid. Other important cases on the upcoming docket involve gun control and sentencing minors. Justice Sotomayor is the first hispanic ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing former Justice David Souter who retired earlier this year.
Yesterday began Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first official day on the nation’s highest court. But that wasn’t her first time behind the high court bench. Justice Sotomayor actually joined the court last month in time to hear a special oral argument regarding campaign finance regulations. But the featured argument on the court’s first full day yesterday was over how long a suspect’s request for a lawyer should remain valid. Other important cases on the upcoming docket involve gun control and sentencing minors. Justice Sotomayor is the first hispanic ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing former Justice David Souter who retired earlier this year.
