Sonia Sotomayor And The Supreme Court's New Term (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

The US Supreme Court, without lifting a finger, changed the American landscape on gay marriage this week.  The nine justices of the high court can change your life with the twitch of an eyebrow.  Right in the middle of those nine, Justice Sonia Sotomayor.  Sharp.  Spirited.  Up from a Bronx tenement.  The first Latina Supreme court justice.  Sotomayor has shared her own life in print.  Now Supreme Court correspondent Joan Biskupic picks up where the Justice left off.  The rest of the story – personal and professional.  This hour On Point:  reading Sonia Sotomayor.

Interview:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/10/09/sonia-sotomayor-scotus-new-term-same-sex-marriage