Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, has served on the bench since 2009. She is noted for her passionate dissents and advocacy for civil rights. In her dissent regarding the Supreme Court's decision on transgender care for minors, Sotomayor criticized the majority for neglecting the needs of transgender children and their families, describing the ruling as a capitulation to political pressures.