Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 20 me te 21 o Hanuere 2013, i whakahaua e Sotomayor te oati ki te Tumuaki o te Perehitini a Joe Biden mo
te whakatuwheratanga o tana wā tuarua. Ko Sotomayor te wahine Hispanic tuatahi me te wahine tuawha ki te whakahaere i te oati ki te perehitini, ki te perehitini tuarua ranei. I te Hanuere 20, 2021, i whakahaua e Sotomayor te oati o te tari ki a Kamala Harris mo tana whakatuunga hei perehitini tuarua, te wahine tuatahi i mau i te tari.