Justice Sonia Sotomayor

I’ve had the privilege of listening to two different interviews of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. What a gem of a human being: intelligent, humble, masterful, well-spoken, and a superior representative of this country. She has all the strengths of her fellow Supreme Court justices, yet none of the hubris, haughtiness, nor wounded disdain that a few of them bear. She reconfirms a belief I have gained through my experience: Those who opine that the government should not or cannot be a reflection of the diversity of our populace have either been blinded by their own prejudices (both conscious and subconscious) or have not sojourned beyond their own limited vision and insular set of acquaintances.

Loren M. Lambert © January 23, 2013