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 Trump may be targeting this city next due to a misleading news report. A pastor's dream factored in the discovery of hiker's remains. Viking Cruises likes to say no. It's paid off. Pilot who tried to cut engines won't be going to state prison. Report an error