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The Sotomayor Interview Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sits down with NPR's Nina Totenberg.
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The Sotomayor Interview

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sits down with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Sotomayor Found Her 'Competitive Spirit' In Gold Stars

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she wrote her autobiography, My Beloved World, to encourage "ordinary people" like herself to succeed. Legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg sat down with Sotomayor to talk about the book, her family and her career. Sotomayor talks about how she worked her way up the ladder in school — starting out in fifth grade by chasing gold stars.

Sotomayor Found Her 'Competitive Spirit' In Gold Stars

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Book Review: Sotomayor Opens Up About Childhood, Marriage In 'Beloved World'

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Book Review: Sotomayor Opens Up About Childhood, Marriage In 'Beloved World'

In Sonia Sotomayor's new memoir, My Beloved World, the associate Supreme Court justice opens up about her childhood in the Bronx. NPR's Nina Totenberg calls it a moving and unexpectedly personal look at the court's first Hispanic justice.

A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family

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A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is open about how she benefited from affirmative action, how she came to terms with her diabetes and the "out-of-body experience" of being appointed to the high court. Sotomayor spoke with NPR just before the release of her new autobiography.

A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family

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