WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become America's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, in his first opportunity to shape the country's powerful top tribunal.
Obama picks Hispanic for U.S. Supreme Court
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | 3:27 p.m. CDT;
updated 6:07 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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