Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Obama to name Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme court

CNN is reporting that President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court. She would be replacing retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, if nominated, would make the sixth Catholic on the Court, with two justices of Jewish descent and one Protestant, according to lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who was interviewed by CNN this morning. Her politics are described as "centrist-left" by both Dershowirtz and Jeffrey Toobin.

Read more: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1479541.php/Judge_Sonia_Sotomayor_is_Obamas_pick#ixzz0GcLTOcTq&B

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