{"id":75520,"date":"2026-06-05T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/?p=75520"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:06:41","slug":"sonia-sotomayor-premiere-latina-cour-supreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/sonia-sotomayor-premiere-latina-cour-supreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonia Sotomayor : portoricaine, premi\u00e8re Latina \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"75520\" class=\"elementor elementor-75520\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-115426c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"115426c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf3716a\" data-id=\"cf3716a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91d3140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91d3140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Le serment d\u2019une enfant du Bronx<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22d7167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22d7167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le 8 ao\u00fbt 2009, au si\u00e8ge de la Cour supr\u00eame des \u00c9tats-Unis, Sonia Sotomayor l\u00e8ve la main droite et pr\u00eate serment. Elle devient la troisi\u00e8me femme dans l\u2019histoire des \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 si\u00e9ger \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame, et la premi\u00e8re Hispanique, premi\u00e8re Latina, \u00e0 entrer dans cette institution. \u00c0 ce moment pr\u00e9cis, l\u2019enfant des logements sociaux du Bronx, fille de parents n\u00e9s \u00e0 Porto Rico, devient l\u2019une des neuf personnes charg\u00e9es d\u2019interpr\u00e9ter la Constitution am\u00e9ricaine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e6a75d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e6a75d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2234490\" data-id=\"2234490\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41736ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41736ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Une famille portoricaine dans le Bronx<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebeb71e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebeb71e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Maria Sotomayor est n\u00e9e le 25 juin 1954 dans le South Bronx, \u00e0 New York. Ses parents, Juan Sotomayor et Celina B\u00e1ez, sont tous deux n\u00e9s \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/caribbean-american-heritage-month-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porto Rico<\/a> et s\u2019installent sur le continent am\u00e9ricain apr\u00e8s la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Juan est ouvrier dans une usine d\u2019outils. Celina, qui a servi dans le Women\u2019s Army Corps, devient infirmi\u00e8re. La famille habite The Bronxdale Houses, un complexe de logements sociaux inaugur\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 1950 \u00e0 Soundview. Sonia a sept ans quand on lui diagnostique un diab\u00e8te de type 1, condition qu\u2019elle g\u00e8re encore aujourd\u2019hui par insuline quotidienne. Elle a neuf ans quand son p\u00e8re meurt d\u2019une crise cardiaque.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08983f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f08983f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75553\" alt=\"Sonia Sotomayor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621989184_18087662198033851_6250433996950887316_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">@Sonia Sotomayor<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd781ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd781ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-136e07b\" data-id=\"136e07b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025cf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"025cf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">L\u2019\u00e9ducation comme h\u00e9ritage central<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38b43a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d38b43a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celina, devenue m\u00e8re c\u00e9libataire \u00e0 36 ans, place l\u2019\u00e9ducation au centre de la maison. Elle ach\u00e8te \u00e0 cr\u00e9dit une s\u00e9rie d\u2019encyclop\u00e9dies pour ses deux enfants, une d\u00e9pense consid\u00e9rable pour l\u2019\u00e9poque. Sonia entre \u00e0 la Cardinal Spellman High School, lyc\u00e9e catholique du Bronx, qu\u2019elle termine en 1972 comme major de promotion. Princeton University l\u2019accepte avec une bourse compl\u00e8te. Pour une jeune femme portoricaine issue d\u2019un logement social new-yorkais, ce passage n\u2019est pas seulement une r\u00e9ussite scolaire. C\u2019est un changement d\u2019\u00e9chelle.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5e807e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5e807e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24fb5d4\" data-id=\"24fb5d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de1ba2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de1ba2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Princeton, Yale et la conscience d\u2019\u00eatre minoritaire<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05dd65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d05dd65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c0 Princeton, Sonia Sotomayor est l\u2019une des tr\u00e8s rares \u00e9tudiantes hispaniques de sa promotion. Elle d\u00e9crit dans son autobiographie <\/span><strong><i>My Beloved World<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> la pression ressentie par une \u00e9tudiante de premi\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9ration, minoritaire, appel\u00e9e \u00e0 prouver sans cesse sa l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9. Elle obtient son dipl\u00f4me <\/span><strong><i>summa cum laude<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en 1976, avec le Pyne Prize, la plus haute distinction remise par l\u2019universit\u00e9 \u00e0 un \u00e9tudiant de premier cycle. Yale Law School suit. Elle y \u00e9dite le <\/span><strong><i>Yale Law Journal<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> et obtient son JD en 1979. Le grand parcours commence.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5343baa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5343baa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h33_30.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75533\" alt=\"Sonia Sotomayor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h33_30.png 463w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h33_30-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2da15fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2da15fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-916485d\" data-id=\"916485d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9b200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e9b200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">De Manhattan aux juridictions f\u00e9d\u00e9rales<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbbed20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbbed20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Procureure adjointe au bureau du District Attorney de Manhattan de 1979 \u00e0 1984, Sonia Sotomayor se forge une r\u00e9putation de juriste rigoureuse, pr\u00e9cise et attentive aux faits. Elle exerce ensuite en cabinet priv\u00e9. En 1991, le pr\u00e9sident George H. W. Bush, r\u00e9publicain, la nomme juge f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de district, sur recommandation du s\u00e9nateur d\u00e9mocrate Daniel Patrick Moynihan.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbf7a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbf7a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le S\u00e9nat la confirme en 1992. Elle a alors 38 ans et rejoint le tribunal f\u00e9d\u00e9ral du district sud de New York. Cinq ans plus tard, en 1997, le pr\u00e9sident Bill Clinton la nomme \u00e0 la Cour d\u2019appel du Second Circuit. La confirmation prend cette fois plus d\u2019un an, ralentie par des oppositions r\u00e9publicaines. En octobre 1998, elle est confirm\u00e9e. Pendant plus de dix ans, elle entend plus de 3 000 affaires et r\u00e9dige environ 380 opinions majoritaires.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51e627e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51e627e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08472ed\" data-id=\"08472ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e60793a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e60793a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La juge qui a sauv\u00e9 le baseball<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37aa74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37aa74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Une singularit\u00e9 de la carri\u00e8re de Sonia Sotomayor tient \u00e0 un d\u00e9tail technique, mais lourd de sens aux \u00c9tats-Unis. En 1995, alors juge f\u00e9d\u00e9rale \u00e0 Manhattan, elle rend une injonction qui contribue \u00e0 mettre fin \u00e0 la gr\u00e8ve des joueurs de la Major League Baseball. L\u2019affaire d\u00e9passe le droit du travail. Pour un pays o\u00f9 le baseball occupe une place presque religieuse dans l\u2019imaginaire collectif, cet arr\u00eat lui vaut un surnom rest\u00e9 c\u00e9l\u00e8bre dans le milieu juridique : la juge qui a sauv\u00e9 le baseball. Ce n\u2019est pas l\u2019\u00e9pisode le plus institutionnel de sa carri\u00e8re, mais il dit son approche : lire les faits, appliquer le droit, mesurer les cons\u00e9quences concr\u00e8tes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d596695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d596695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75545\" alt=\"Sonia Sotomayor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/622102022_18123163930482991_1951834304430636156_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">@Sonia Sotomayor<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef1e9cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef1e9cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c03951a\" data-id=\"c03951a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb2f7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb2f7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La premi\u00e8re Latina de la Cour supr\u00eame<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3584605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3584605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le 26 mai 2009, le pr\u00e9sident Barack Obama la d\u00e9signe pour remplacer le juge David Souter \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame. Sa confirmation par le S\u00e9nat, le 6 ao\u00fbt 2009, par 68 voix contre 31, d\u00e9clenche des sc\u00e8nes de fiert\u00e9 dans le Bronx, \u00e0 San Juan et dans de nombreuses communaut\u00e9s latinas am\u00e9ricaines. Deux jours plus tard, Sonia Sotomayor pr\u00eate serment. Sa m\u00e8re Celina, dont les sacrifices avaient accompagn\u00e9 toute son ascension, vivra jusqu\u2019en 2021, assez longtemps pour voir sa fille entrer dans l\u2019histoire judiciaire am\u00e9ricaine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-945e519 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"945e519\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be921c8\" data-id=\"be921c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c967be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c967be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Une voix forte dans une Cour divis\u00e9e<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb4251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebb4251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans ses opinions \u00e0 la Cour, Sonia Sotomayor s\u2019est impos\u00e9e comme l\u2019une des voix les plus identifiables de l\u2019aile progressiste : d\u00e9fense des droits civiques, attention particuli\u00e8re aux questions de proc\u00e9dure p\u00e9nale, regard constant sur les effets r\u00e9els des d\u00e9cisions judiciaires. Son opinion dissidente dans l\u2019affaire <\/span><strong><i>Schuette v. BAMN<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, en 2014, qui concernait l\u2019interdiction de politiques d\u2019action positive raciale dans le Michigan, est devenue un texte souvent \u00e9tudi\u00e9. <strong>\u00ab Race matters \u00bb<\/strong>, \u00e9crit-elle. La formule est courte, mais elle r\u00e9sume une conviction centrale : le droit ne peut pas toujours pr\u00e9tendre ignorer ce que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 continue de produire.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0ee51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be0ee51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75549\" alt=\"Sonia Sotomayor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/621716462_18107315086668167_7540649073565686490_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">@Sonia Sotomayor<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f15500 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f15500\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d019734\" data-id=\"d019734\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59accb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b59accb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Raconter aux enfants que leurs vies comptent\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa2a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffa2a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son livre <\/span><strong><i>My Beloved World<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, publi\u00e9 en 2013, est devenu un succ\u00e8s du <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Il raconte son enfance, ses bourses, sa d\u00e9couverte de la justice et l\u2019importance des mentors. Elle a depuis publi\u00e9 plusieurs livres pour enfants, dont <\/span><strong><i>Turning Pages<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en 2018 et <\/span><strong><i>Just Ask!<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en 2019, autour des diff\u00e9rences, du handicap, des livres et de la confiance. \u00c0 chaque publication, Sonia Sotomayor revient \u00e0 un th\u00e8me : la fiert\u00e9 de ses origines portoricaines et l\u2019importance de dire aux enfants de couleur que leurs vies comptent.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a351dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a351dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8102206\" data-id=\"8102206\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d766abb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d766abb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h31_47.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75537\" alt=\"Sonia Sotomayor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h31_47.png 547w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h31_47-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a2eee2\" data-id=\"0a2eee2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e87dcf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e87dcf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h30_13.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75541\" alt=\"Sonia Sotomayor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h30_13.png 589w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-04_17h30_13-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f11860 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f11860\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71a49b1\" data-id=\"71a49b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b45740e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b45740e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un symbole carib\u00e9en-am\u00e9ricain durable<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf3936 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cf3936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En juin 2026, \u00e0 quelques semaines de ses 72 ans, <a href=\"https:\/\/supremecourthistory.org\/supreme-court-justices\/associate-justice-sonia-sotomayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sonia Sotomayor<\/a> continue de si\u00e9ger \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame. La majorit\u00e9 conservatrice actuelle limite souvent l\u2019influence de ses positions, mais elle reste, pour des millions d\u2019Am\u00e9ricains, et particuli\u00e8rement pour les Carib\u00e9ens-Am\u00e9ricains qui c\u00e9l\u00e8brent le Caribbean American Heritage Month vingt ans apr\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re proclamation pr\u00e9sidentielle de 2006, le signe vivant qu\u2019une enfant de Soundview, issue d\u2019une famille portoricaine du Bronx, peut atteindre les neuf si\u00e8ges les plus puissants de la justice am\u00e9ricaine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cfc0da elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"8cfc0da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1471\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1471\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Qui est Sonia Sotomayor ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1471\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1471\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Sotomayor est une juriste am\u00e9ricaine n\u00e9e dans le Bronx en 1954, de parents originaires de Porto Rico. Apr\u00e8s des \u00e9tudes brillantes \u00e0 Princeton puis \u00e0 Yale Law School, elle devient procureure, juge f\u00e9d\u00e9rale, juge \u00e0 la Cour d\u2019appel du Second Circuit, puis juge \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame des \u00c9tats-Unis. En 2009, sa nomination marque l\u2019histoire : elle devient la premi\u00e8re Latina \u00e0 int\u00e9grer la plus haute juridiction am\u00e9ricaine.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1472\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1472\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Pourquoi Sonia Sotomayor est-elle importante pour les communaut\u00e9s portoricaines et latinas ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1472\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1472\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Sotomayor repr\u00e9sente un parcours exceptionnel pour les communaut\u00e9s portoricaines, latinas et carib\u00e9ennes-am\u00e9ricaines. Issue d\u2019un logement social du Bronx, \u00e9lev\u00e9e par une m\u00e8re portoricaine apr\u00e8s la mort de son p\u00e8re, elle a b\u00e2ti son ascension par l\u2019\u00e9ducation, le droit et la rigueur professionnelle. Sa pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame montre qu\u2019une trajectoire marqu\u00e9e par la migration, la modestie sociale et l\u2019identit\u00e9 culturelle peut atteindre les plus hautes institutions am\u00e9ricaines.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1473\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1473\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Quel est le lien entre Sonia Sotomayor et le Caribbean American Heritage Month ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1473\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1473\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le parcours de Sonia Sotomayor r\u00e9sonne fortement avec le Caribbean American Heritage Month, c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 chaque ann\u00e9e en juin aux \u00c9tats-Unis. M\u00eame si elle est n\u00e9e \u00e0 New York, son histoire familiale est profond\u00e9ment li\u00e9e \u00e0 Porto Rico, territoire carib\u00e9en associ\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis. Son itin\u00e9raire donne un visage concret \u00e0 l\u2019apport des Carib\u00e9ens-Am\u00e9ricains dans la vie politique, juridique et culturelle du pays.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le serment d\u2019une enfant du Bronx Le 8 ao\u00fbt 2009, au si\u00e8ge de la Cour supr\u00eame des \u00c9tats-Unis, Sonia Sotomayor l\u00e8ve la main droite et pr\u00eate serment. Elle devient la troisi\u00e8me femme dans l\u2019histoire des \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 si\u00e9ger \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame, et la premi\u00e8re Hispanique, premi\u00e8re Latina, \u00e0 entrer dans cette institution. \u00c0 ce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":75529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1468],"tags":[808],"class_list":["post-75520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-histoire-patrimoine","tag-martinique-fr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}