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Acknowledgments
This book began a year after Sonia Sotomayor joined the Supreme Court, as an exploration of her rise in the judiciary and the progress of Latinos in America. The project grew more exciting with her early moves on the bench and beyond the Court. Yet none of the story would have ended up between these covers if I had not been supported by dear friends and colleagues.
Some of them have been with me for more than a decade on these book projects, talking out ideas, reading draft chapters, offering their wisdom. At the top of that list is Elder Witt, a former Supreme Court journalist who provided guidance early and often on this one. Others who especially enhanced this book were Douglas Armstrong, Dick Carelli, Jim Drinkard, Pam Fessler, Judith Gaskell, Liz Hayes, Robin Meszoly, Phyllis Richman, and Andrea Weiswasser.
Mark Hugo Lopez, Becky Rivera, Ishmael Rivera, and Roberto Suro offered insights along the way about Hispanic politics and culture. Lopez, director of the Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project, was boundless with his time in this regard.
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California–Irvine and a longtime friend, deserves special mention. He knows the law, he knows the Court, he knows this justice. He is also unmatched in his generosity, taking the time to provide substantive knowledge and personal encouragement no matter the hour on the California coast. Toni Locy, with whom I worked at The Washington Post and USA Today, must be singled out, too. As I was nearing a crucial deadline at the end of 2013 and thinking I’d never make it, she stepped in with her trademark energy and assisted especially on the final chapters.
For the third time, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offered me research help on a book project. Alice Bosley, a WWIC research fellow in summer 2011, was first-rate, as was Edward Lawrence, my researcher on the Antonin Scalia biography who returned to help me in 2013. My thanks go especially to Lee Hamilton, Jane Harman, and Mike Van Dusen. The Wilson Center makes books possible.
In my daily journalism, I have been guided by a series of remarkable editors, including Fred Barbash, with whom I worked at The Washington Post in the 1990s and at Reuters more recently. Fred’s reporting on the Court in the 1980s remains a model. At USA Today, my home when this book began, three editors at the time, Lee Horwich, David Lindsey, and Rachel Smolkin, were especially encouraging of this project. Now at Reuters, I have the lucky fate that nearly everyone up my editing chain is not only passionate about journalism but also holds a law degree and is intrigued by all things judicial: from Howard Goller and Amy Stevens, with whom I work most closely, to Dayan Candappa, editor for the Americas, and Steve Adler, editor in chief. I am above all grateful to Howard, who turned his sharp editor’s eye to the final draft.
Others in the Reuters Washington bureau whose friendship and professionalism have sustained me along the way include Marilyn Thompson, our bureau chief, who I was fortunate enough to know first as an editor in the 1990s, and colleagues Caren Bohan, Kevin Drawbaugh, Ros Krasny, Katherina Lemus, Jack Shafer, and John Shiffman.
For twenty-five years, I have been part of a top-flight press corps at the Supreme Court. Two in our ranks were exceptionally generous in reading chapters and helping me explore ideas: Garrett Epps and Adam Liptak. Their thoughts made this a stronger book. Others who lent advice include Bob Barnes, Marcia Coyle, Tony Mauro, David Savage, Mark Sherman, Nina Totenberg, and Pete Williams. I have special appreciation for Lawrence Hurley, my partner covering the Supreme Court for Reuters.
At the Court, Public Information Officer Kathy Arberg and deputy Patricia McCabe Estrada were as professional as ever in arranging interviews and answering research questions. Court photographer Steve Petteway, with his usual creativity and cheer, helped round up the best photos.
I am grateful to Justice Sotomayor for her time and candor. This book was not “authorized,” and she was writing her autobiography for most of the time this project was under way. Yet she allowed me numerous visits to clarify and elucidate he
r life and views. Anchored by Theresa Bartenope, her staff was unfailingly obliging as I pursued information and trailed after the justice on her appearances, including to Puerto Rico.
My agents, Gail Ross and Howard Yoon, gave smart, steady advice. Without Howard’s support, especially, this book simply might not have been completed on time.
Finally, but essentially: Sarah Crichton, editor extraordinaire at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Her ideas are fresh, her editing inspired, her humor sustaining. The super-efficient Marsha Sasmor joined Sarah as an editorial assistant just as this book was landing. I could not imagine finishing it without her.
My family likes these books most when they are done. In the intervening months (years), I am too preoccupied, postpone vacations, and fill our house with toppling stacks of research. Yet everyone I love seems to hang in there with me, generating appreciation as high as those stacks. My mother, Mary Jane Biskupic, remains a creative influence, as does the memory of my late father, Vince Biskupic. My husband, Clay, and daughter, Elizabeth, put up with the worst yet offer the most. My dedication page never changes.
Index
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ABC
abortion rights; Ginsburg on; O’Connor on; Souter on
Above the Law (blog)
Academy Awards
Acción Puertorriqueña
activism, judicial
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
affirmative action; ballot initiatives on; history of; in Manhattan DA’s office; overturning of; as phrase; at Princeton; for promotions; Souter on; Thomas on; at Yale
affordable housing
Alabama
Alito, Samuel; on affirmative action; appointment of; in conservative bloc; on custody; as dancer
Alliance for Justice
Almanac of the Federal Judiciary
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Dream
American Enterprise Institute
American Prospect, The
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
appeals courts, federal; see also specific circuit courts
Argentina
Arizona
Arizona State University
Arnold, Richard
Arroyo, Martina
Arterton, Janet Bond
Ashcroft, John
Aspen Publishers
assimilation
Atencio, Dolores
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlantic, The
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama)
Auffant, Charles
Axelrod, David
Babbitt, Bruce
Baca, Joseph
Bader, Celia
Bader, Nathan
Baird, Zoë
Bakke, Allan
Bakke v. Regents of the University of California
Barr, William
Bartenope, Theresa
baseball: cases about; Sotomayor’s love for
Batista, Jorge
Batts, Deborah
Benavides, Fortunato
Bender, Paul
Benjamin Franklin High School
Berke, Richard
Bernstein, Leonard
Beyond the Melting Pot (Glazer)
bias, see affirmative action; impartiality; racism
Biden, Joseph: on Senate Judiciary Committee; as Vice President
bilingual education
Blackmun, Harry; clerks for; resignation of
Blatt, Lisa
Blessed Sacrament
“Bloody Sunday”
Bloomberg, Michael
Blum, Edward; Fisher funded by; voting rights cases funded by
Bok, Derek
Bork, Robert
Botwinik, David
Bowen, William
Brennan, William J., Jr.
Brewer, Jan
Breyer, Stephen; appointment of; as consensus builder; on death penalty; in race cases
Bronx
Bronxdale Houses: renaming of; Sotomayor’s childhood in
Brooklyn Law School
Brown, Dustin
Brown v. Board of Education; erosion of
Burger, Warren
Bush, George H. W.: federal judgeships under; in 1992 election; Sotomayor appointed by; Thomas appointed by
Bush, George W.: Estrada and; on impartiality; Supreme Court appointments of; in 2000 elections; 2001 appointment ceremony by; voting rights and
Bush v. Gore
busing, to desegregate
Butts, Cassandra
Byrd, Robert C.
Cabranes, Carmen
Cabranes, José; appointment of; background of; as mentor; as potential Supreme Court justice; on Puerto Ricans; on Ricci
Cabranes, Manuel
Calabresi, Guido; on Ricci
Calera, Alabama
Calhoun v. United States
California: affirmative action in; in Daimler; as Latino hub; marriage equality in; prisons in
California La Raza Lawyers Association
Callejo, Adelfa
Callejo, Bill
campaign finance
capital punishment; Marshall on; Sotomayor on
Capobiancos
Caraballo, Wilfredo
Cardinal Spellman High School
Cardona v. Power
Cardozo, Benjamin
Carlson, Tucker
Carro, John
Carswell, G. Harrold
Carter, Jimmy: minorities appointed by; Moynihan and; in 1980 election; white men appointed by
Carter, Stephen
“Case Against Sotomayor, The” (Rosen)
Case of the Wise Old Latina, The (Matson)
Cedarbaum, Miriam
Chavez, Cesar
Chavez, Linda
Cherokees
Chicago
child custody
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
City College of New York
City University of New York
Civil Rights Act; Title VII of
civil rights movements; Latinos in; Marshall and; Moynihan and; Thomas and; see also Civil Rights Act
Clark, Ramsey
Clark, Tom
Clement, Paul
Clemente, Roberto
clerkships; Estrada and; for judges; of judges; in others’ resumes; for Sotomayor
Clinton, Bill: Blackmun’s seat filled by; judicial appointees under; Kagan and; minority support for; scandals under; Sotomayor appointment by; White’s seat filled by
Clinton, Hillary
CNN
Coburn, Tom
coffee crops
Coleman, Gregory
colonialism; legacy of
color-blindness
Columbia University
Columbus, Christopher
commercial speech
comprehensive health-care insurance
Conde, Carlos
Congress: abortion and; Black Caucus of; Civil Rights Act and; on immigration; on Native Americans; on Puerto Rico; on voting rights; see also Senate Judiciary Committee
Congressional Resource Service
conservatives, judicial strategy of
Constitution; Obama on
constitutional rights
Co-op City
Cornell University
corporations
Covington & Burling
Coyne, Mary Jeanne
Craig, Gregory: on Ricci; Sotomayor and
criminal defendants
Critica
cruel and unusual punishment
Cubans
Cullen v. Pinholster
Cuomo, Mario
Cutler, Lloyd
Cyrus, Miley
Daily Princetonian
&n
bsp; Daimler AG v. Bauman
D’Amato, Alfonse
Danforth, John
Darker Shade of Crimson, A (Navarrette)
Davies, Susan
Days, Drew
death penalty; Marshall on; Sotomayor on
defendants’ rights
Defense of Marriage Act
Dellinger, Walter
de Molina, Rául
De Niro, Robert
DeStefano, John; sued in Ricci
detentions
Dickman, Murray
discrimination, see affirmative action; civil rights movements; racism; voting rights
disparate impact
district court appointments; by Carter; by Kennedy; by Reagan; by Sotomayor
District of Columbia Circuit; Estrada’s nomination to; Garland on; Ginsburg on; Roberts’s nomination to; Scalia on; Thomas on; on tracking devices
District of Columbia v. Heller
Dodd, Christopher
Dole, Bob
Dominicans
Dreams from My Father (Obama)
drugs
due process
Duke University
Durbin, Dick
education, see affirmative action; busing; Latino/as: education of; Sotomayor: education of; specific schools
Eighth Circuit
El Diario
elections: African American role in; Latino role in; of 1980; of 1992; of 1996; of 2000; of 2004; of 2008; of 2012; spending on; see also voting rights
Emanuel, Rahm
employment discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Equal Protection Clause
Equal Rights Amendment
Estrada, Miguel; background of; career of; character of; clerkship of; Democratic support for; filibusters against; Latino opposition to; Senate hearing on; Thomas and; in 2000 election; wife of
Executive Order 11246
eyewitness identifications
federal courts; see also district court appointments; judges; Supreme Court; specific circuit courts
Federalist Society
Feinstein, Dianne
feminism
Fendi
Fifth Circuit; on affirmative action; members of
Figueroa, Juan
filibusters; used against Estrada
financial scandals
fire departments
First Amendment
First Circuit
Fisher, Abigail
Fisher, Richard
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