Friday, August 7, 2009

NAACP-Supported Nominee Sonia Sotomayor

NAACP-Supported Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Confimed to United States Supreme Court
Earlier today, Thursday, August 06, 2009, by a vote of 68 yeas to 31 nays, the United States Senate voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor will take a seat on the highest court of the land when it begins its next session in October. Of the 110 Justices who have served on the Supreme Court in its entire history, Judge Sotomayor will be only the third woman and the first Hispanic Justice.
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