Sonia Sotomayor calls for more Supreme Court diversity

Sonia Sotomayor
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor called for greater diversity on the highest court's bench in a speech at Brooklyn Law School on Friday.

"I, for one, do think there is a disadvantage from having (five) Catholics, three Jews, everyone from an Ivy League school," the first Latina Supreme Court justice said.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.