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Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina to serve on the US Supreme Court. Her appointment was confirmed on August 6, 2009.
Some sources claim Benjamin Cardozo was the first Latino or Hispanic justice; however, Cardozo was a Sephardic Jew of Portuguese descent, which is considered neither Hispanic nor Latino.
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