Obama Supreme Court Profile - US Politics

In this July 7, 2004 photo released by the Brooklyn Law School in New York, Judge Sonia Sotomayor in a symposium at the school. President Barack Obama chose the federal appeals judge to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, praising her as "an inspiring woman" with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Law School)

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