--- description: The Supreme Court Justice accidentally crashed a book signing for Clinton's new memoir, Hard Choices title: Sonia Sotomayor Ran into Hillary Clinton at Costco image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sonia Sotomayor Ran into Hillary Clinton While Shopping at Costco  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2014 2:48 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2014 2:48 PM CUT Costco is apparently the new place to be to rub elbows with the nation’s political elite. While browsing at the members-only retailer in Arlington, Va., on Saturday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stumbled upon former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was appearing at a book-signing event to promote [her new memoir, _Hard Choices_](http://time.com/2853172/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book-review/ "undefined"). Sotomayor, who said she was [“just shopping,”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/14/hillary-clinton-sotomayor%5Fn%5F5495170.html "undefined") promised Clinton that she would read the new book, to which Clinton said, “You better! I read yours!” according to tweets from observers. Government leaders, they’re just like us — they buy in bulk. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2877945/sonia-sotomayor-hillary-clinton-costco/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2877945/sonia-sotomayor-hillary-clinton-costco/"},"headline":"Sonia Sotomayor Ran into Hillary Clinton While Shopping at Costco","datePublished":"2014-06-15T14:48:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:25:21.506Z","description":"The Supreme Court Justice accidentally crashed Clinton's book signing","url":"https://time.com/2877945/sonia-sotomayor-hillary-clinton-costco/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2877945/sonia-sotomayor-hillary-clinton-costco/","name":"Sonia Sotomayor Ran into Hillary Clinton While Shopping at Costco"}}]}] ```