Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who was just announced for her nomination by the president Barack Obama for the Supreme Court, will be the first Hispanic justice in the U.S. Spreme Court. Judge Sotomayor will replace Justice David Souter, who is retiring after 19 years on the high court service.
Mr. Obama announced the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor Tuesday at the White House. If confirmed, the 54-year-old Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic judge on the nine-member high court.
According to this story on Daily Kos Chuck Todd has just said on MSNBC that Obama was BLOWN AWAY by Sotomayor when he met her on Thursday for her interview. Chuck Todd has said that Obama said that after he met her he felt that she would have been one of his friends he would have hung out with in Chicago. They were "sympatico".
We will hear some pushbacks from the Republicans on judge Sotomayor's nomination and some voices are already out. Some even don't know if Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation will have a vote before the Senate breaks out for vacation in August. However, the president wants her to be confirmed before the break.
Sonia Sotomayor Bio Excerpts From Wikipedia
Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up in a housing project in the South Bronx, just a short walk from Yankee Stadium. Sotomayor obtained her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Sotomayor then served as an Assistant District Attorney under prominent New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, prosecuting robberies, assaults, murders, police brutality, and child pornography cases.
Sotomayor has received honorary degrees from Lehman College, Princeton University, Brooklyn Law School, Pace University School of Law, Hofstra University, and Northeastern University. While in private practice, Sotomayor was appointed in 1988 as one of the founding members of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, where she served for four years.
Prior to her selection as President Obama's nominee, Judge Sotomayor had been regarded as a potential Supreme Court nominee by several Presidents, both Republican and Democratic. In July 2005, a number of Senate Democrats suggested Sotomayor, among others, to President George W. Bush as a nominee acceptable to them to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The seat was eventually filled by Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the Third Circuit.
Judge Sotomayor's nomination to Supreme Court is a welcome act by the president Barack Obama. Diversity is wonderful and great.
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