Senate confirms Sotomayor for Supreme Court
Per CNN, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, made history Thursday when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, made history Thursday when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.
Accepting the nomination, Sotomayor thanked Obama for “the most humbling honor of my life.”
WikiPedia, Sotomayor has ruled on several high-profile cases. In 1995, she issued a preliminary injunction against Major League Baseball which ended the 1994 baseball strike. Sotomayor made a ruling allowing the Wall Street Journal to publish Vince Foster’s final note. In 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her nomination was slowed by the Republican majority in the Senate, but she was eventually confirmed in 1998. On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and has written about 380 opinions.
Tweets have kept Sotomayor a trending topic for hours. Here’s some of the buzz:
stan2000: RT @antwan323: Let us all share in The President’s joy in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor. 1st Hispanic in Supreme Crt
libbyh: is it wrong for me to like that soon-to-be-confirmed-Justice Sotomayor is usually smiling in photographs?
angelabaca: I feel like I’m supposed to care that Sotomayor was confirmed, but I really couldn’t care less. PS Time for a redesign: http://bit.ly/4pYcGA (expand)
ajayalexander: Sotomayor has made history! Best of luck to her…Souter’s shoes arent easy ones to fill
MsMayaBella: RT @mebejuanieD: Congrats to Judge Sotomayor =) Forward movement people…that’s what’s up!
libgrrrl: congratulations to #SoniaSotomayor, our first #Hispanic justice! #sotomayor
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