Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor out with 2 new books
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor got some unsolicited health advice the last time she wrote a book.
The justice was diagnosed with diabetes as a child and discussed it as part of her 2013 autobiography. That prompted a grandmother to write. The woman reported she was using newer technology to manage her diabetes than Sotomayor, and she had a message for the justice: “I’m much older than you are, and if I can do it you can do it, too.”
“I still remember that letter, challenging me to become more modern,” Sotomayor said Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press. Sotomayor said encouragement from the woman and from children pushed her to explore using the device she does now. A sensor implanted in her stomach helps her monitor what her blood sugars are.
“I consider myself a life-long learner and, despite that, I was a little resistant and it helped break my resistance,” she said of the woman’s letter.