Sotomayor Confirmed

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All hail Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor! Judge Sotomayor is the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. I look forward to seeing her apply a sense of practicality and diversity, two things uncommon at such rarefied heights.

Sotomayor Confirmed To Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve.