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Public Interest

May 27, 2009

It's Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court Nomination

President Barack Obama has picked 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his first U.S. Supreme Court nominee. If confirmed, she will be the first Hispanic justice.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

President Barack Obama has picked 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his first U.S. Supreme Court nominee. If confirmed, she will be the first Hispanic justice.

Obama made the announcement at the White House Tuesday morning with Sotomayor at his side. He spoke at length about her legal resume before talking about her uplifting life story. Sotomayor, a Yale Law School graduate, w...

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