Crime | Sonia Sotomayor 'Wise Latina' Reference a Favorite of Sotomayor's By Kevin Spak Posted Jun 5, 2009 1:27 PM CDT Copied Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Sonia Sotomayor’s now-infamous “wise Latina woman” statement wasn’t an isolated incident, CQ Politics reports. The phrase crops up multiple times in speeches delivered from 1994 to 2003 and released yesterday ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's Senate confirmation hearings. Some speeches contain the same line exactly; others simply refer to a “wise woman.” Read These Next Giuliani injured in high-speed highway crash. Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. Is India, under hefty tariffs, turning away from the US? Report an error