Justice Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor both became members of the Supreme Court, but it wasn't easy for the two of them. They had to go through a lot of school and both had big obstacles. For example, Justice was rejected from a lot of jobs because she was a woman. Sonia has type-1 diabetes. Both of these things impacted them greatly, but they didn't let that stop them. Justice Ginsburg overcame a lot of challenges in her life, and that is what I will be explaining in this paragraph. Justice was top of her class at Harvard, but was turned down from many jobs because she was a female. In the article, "Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor," it says, "Imagine graduating top of your class in law school, only to be turned down for several
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She worked as a lawyer and argued in six cases on gender equality, she won five of the six cases. This caught the eye of President Jimmy Carter, who appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She worked there until in 1993 she finally took her seat as the associate justice of the Supreme Court, after being appointed by President Bill Clinton. Despite being rejected, Justice Ginsburg kept working and fighting to accomplish her dream. Sonia Sotomayor had obstacles of her own, when she was seven years old she was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. In the text,"Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor," it says, "with this disease her body does not produce insulin." Insulin is necessary to help the body use the sugars and starch you eat." This shows that she was struggling to do normal life functions, but she started taking insulin shots which enabled her to live a healthy life. However, back then they did not have disposable needles like they have now, so she had to boil the needle to sterilize it. She says that this helped learn to multitask things.Despite all of this she still worked hard in school and studied law to reach her dream.Then in 1992 president George
She worked as a lawyer and argued in six cases on gender equality, she won five of the six cases. This caught the eye of President Jimmy Carter, who appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She worked there until in 1993 she finally took her seat as the associate justice of the Supreme Court, after being appointed by President Bill Clinton. Despite being rejected, Justice Ginsburg kept working and fighting to accomplish her dream. Sonia Sotomayor had obstacles of her own, when she was seven years old she was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. In the text,"Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor," it says, "with this disease her body does not produce insulin." Insulin is necessary to help the body use the sugars and starch you eat." This shows that she was struggling to do normal life functions, but she started taking insulin shots which enabled her to live a healthy life. However, back then they did not have disposable needles like they have now, so she had to boil the needle to sterilize it. She says that this helped learn to multitask things.Despite all of this she still worked hard in school and studied law to reach her dream.Then in 1992 president George