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Sonia Maria Sotomayor (, ; born June 25, 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate.
The high court's decision tosses out lawsuits filed in 2008 against Quicken Loans Inc. in Louisiana by three families who claimed they paid the fees without receiving anything in return. The Freeman family paid $980 and the Bennett family $1,100 in loan discount fees but allegedly did not get lower interest rates in return. The Smith family allegations focus partly on a loan origination fee of $5,100, which they claim was a mislabeled loan discount fee.A federal judge threw the lawsuit out, saying the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act made the lawsuit improper. That decision, which was upheld by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, was appealed to the Supreme Court.The law says no "person shall give and no person shall accept any portion, split or percentage of any charge made or rec...
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The Supreme Court seemed split Tuesday on whether criminals who were arrested but not yet sentenced for crack cocaine offenses should be able to take advantage of ne...
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Director of the RNC Hispanic Outreach Campaign, Bettina Inclan, and Senior Editor of Politic365.com, Alicia Menendez, debate the Latino Vote 2012.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that organizations may not be sued for claims they aided in torture or killings abroad under a U.S. law aimed at helpin...
To steal a line from Mark Twain, it seems as though rumors of the death of the Tea Party have been greatly exaggerated.Tea Party-backed challenger Richard Mourdock d...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrapped up its exhaustive three-day session which will determine the fate of the federal health care overhaul, ending with what is arg...
Campaigning in Puerto Rico , Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is refusing to back off his criticism of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor . Minutes a...
Plaintiffs lawyer breaks down case and atmosphere in Supreme Court arguments on health care reform law
At the heart of the multi-headed abominable creature known as Affordable Care Act aka ObamaCare, there resides a singular deceit. It is too easy for lawyers and even...
Juan Williams shares his exclusive interview with Marco Rubio on 'The Five'.
President Obama nominated appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, making her the first Hispanic in history to be elevated to the high c...
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in a 68-31 vote.In a rare step of assembling at their de...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returned Friday to the Bronx housing project where she spent part of her childhood, recalling how an unlik...
President Obama nominated federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, citing her "inspiring life story" and "distinguished career"...
Supreme Court in the middle of another election-year battle
Bucking the Obama administration, Supreme Court justices seemed to find little trouble Wednesday with major parts of Arizona's tough immigration law that require pol...
The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it might uphold a key element of Arizona's immigration law, as justices across the board suggested the state has a serious ...
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