. Bork was ultimately rejected by the Senate . The Fund also met in 1987 with staff at the New York Daily News to address what it called `` negative images of Puerto Ricans presented by the News ' staff , '' including well-known columnist Jimmy Breslin . Republicans are challenging Sotomayor 's record on affirmative action , and the newly released documents on her work at the Fund will likely be a centerpiece of debate at the upcoming confirmation hearings . The 350 pages of documents released Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee show the Fund filed hundreds of discrimination lawsuits over the years on behalf of Hispanics . The documents do not reveal whether Sotomayor was directly involved in them . She was a private attorney at the time , and was volunteering for the group . However , they reflect the Fund 's strong push to establish a precedent of cases that would establish legal authority to uphold workplace quotas for minorities . One case dealt with promotions in the New York City Police Department . A May 1992 memo on `` litigation highlights '' noted , `` We obtained quota promotions for Latinos and African Americans
WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Newly released documents from Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor 's service on the board of a Puerto Rican civil rights organization show the group opposed Robert Bork 's nomination to the high court more than two decades ago . Judge Sonia Sotomayor is set to face Supreme Court confirmation hearings . Sotomayor , a judge on the New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit , was nominated by President Obama in May to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice David Souter . Her confirmation hearings are set to begin July 13 . She served as a board member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund from 1980-92 , leaving when she became a federal judge . During her years on the PRLDEF board , the group opposed President Reagan 's 1987 nomination of the conservative Bork -- then a federal appeals judge -- `` because of the threat he poses to the civil rights of the Latino community , '' according to the documents . The group 's attorneys prepared press releases and `` worked on numerous efforts to build coalitions against the nominee , '' according to the documents