U. S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor wins confirmation as the nation's 111th Supreme Court justice and the first ever of Hispanic descent. The new justice is seen here leaving the federal courthouse in Manhattan and reacting to the news.
The vote was 68 to 31. The support included nine Republican 'yes' votes and 59 from the Democratic side of the aisle. All 31 votes against Sotomayor came from Republicans.
Sotomayor becomes the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court, following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. President Barack Obama, remarking on the confirmation, calls it "a wonderful day for America."
The New York Times publishes a wonderful sidebar to today's news, describing Sotomayor's historic confirmation as "arguably the highest rung that any Puerto Rican has yet reached in this country [and] a watershed event for Puerto Rican New York.
Welcome to the Supreme Court Sotomayor. I hope you show courage and wisdom during all of your deliberations.
Posted by: Ravenback | 06 August 2009 at 14:31
Congratulations, Sonia Sotomayor!
Posted by: Chitown Kev | 06 August 2009 at 14:49
Felicitacion Judge Sotomayor! You go, girl....I mean, Madame Judge.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 06 August 2009 at 14:52
Congrats to the lovely Sonia Sotomayor! I wish her nothing but continued success!
Posted by: Isis | 06 August 2009 at 14:54
And that's "Wise MADAME JUSTICE Latina" to you Republicans!:) !Que Viva Sotomayor!
Posted by: ReggieH | 06 August 2009 at 16:08
FELICIACIONES SENORA JEFE!!!!
This is a glorious day in America, in the Obama Adminstration and towards the progress of people of color, women and change in this country!
WOW. BRAVA!!!!
Posted by: TheRevKev | 06 August 2009 at 16:28
A perfect example of racisim. Nothing to do with anything but get one of yours in there and thumb your nose's up at us whiteies! Great job America!
Posted by: jim raub | 06 August 2009 at 18:26
@ Jim Raub:
Oh and the 17 years on the federal bench mean absolutely nothing?
Whatever. I think you left your robe and hood in the trailer.
Posted by: Chris Cruz | 06 August 2009 at 18:41
>>>Nothing to do with anything but get one of yours in there and thumb your nose's up at us whiteies!
Princeton, Yale and two decades as a federal judge aren't enough for you?
Thats a far better resume than Scalia or Alito had.
lol @ white male outrage
Posted by: Shane Moseley | 06 August 2009 at 18:59
@ Jim Raub
Come on admit it. You are a "birther", aren't you?
Posted by: Ravenback | 06 August 2009 at 19:47
Note the words "racisim", "nose's", and "whiteies" in the message above.
Is the inability to spell correctly a defect of people with white skin?
I'm no fan of Frances Cress Welsing, but does she have a chapter on this?
Posted by: Jim | 07 August 2009 at 01:11
"I'm no fan of Frances Cress Welsing, but does she have a chapter on this?"
Hey, Jim, I'm no fan of that crazy psychologist either; but, yes, she does have a chapter to cover the Jim Raubs in this country. The chapter's title: "The False Perception of Emasculation In SOME Paranoid American Men of No Color."
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 07 August 2009 at 08:04
very happy for her
but i do not trust her due to obama...
see more at OUTLOOK
Posted by: alicia banks | 07 August 2009 at 21:42