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U.S. Supreme Court

May 28, 2009

Sotomayor Is Obama's Pick For High Court

For Hispanic activists, President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court was the ultimate payoff for several weeks of frantic lobbying for one of their own.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - For Hispanic activists, President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court was the ultimate payoff for several weeks of frantic lobbying for one of their own.

By the time the president announced the nomination before an enthusiastic audience at the White House, Obama didn't even need to mention that the 54-year-old 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

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