According to some historians who was the first Hispanic judge to serve on the US Supreme Court?

According to some historians who was the first Hispanic judge to serve on the US Supreme Court?

• A. Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
• B. Samuel Alito
• C. Thurgood Marshall
• D. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Answer: (A)

The question is about who became the first Hispanic judge on the U.S. Supreme Court. The widely accepted answer is Sonia Sotomayor, who was nominated by President Barack Obama and took a seat on the Court in 2009. She is of Puerto Rican descent and is regarded as the first Latina justice. Among the names listed, none fit that description. Benjamin Cardozo was a prominent early 20th-century justice, but he was Jewish, not Hispanic. Samuel Alito is of Italian heritage, Thurgood Marshall was African American, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was of English descent. So the statement that any of these individuals was the first Hispanic judge doesn’t align with the common historical record.

The question is about who became the first Hispanic judge on the U.S. Supreme Court. The widely accepted answer is Sonia Sotomayor, who was nominated by President Barack Obama and took a seat on the Court in 2009. She is of Puerto Rican descent and is regarded as the first Latina justice.

Among the names listed, none fit that description. Benjamin Cardozo was a prominent early 20th-century justice, but he was Jewish, not Hispanic. Samuel Alito is of Italian heritage, Thurgood Marshall was African American, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was of English descent. So the statement that any of these individuals was the first Hispanic judge doesn’t align with the common historical record.