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Landrieu Comments on Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court

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Date: May 26, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Judicial Branch


Landrieu Comments on Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court

United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today made the following statement about President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. If confirmed, Sotomayor will become the third woman to serve on the nation's highest court and the first Hispanic Justice.

Sen. Landrieu said:

"Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a historic choice for the bench. Her credentials are stellar, and I look forward to getting to know her better through the confirmation process."

After growing up in a South Bronx housing project, Judge Sotomayor earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton and her law degree from Yale Law School. She was promoted to judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1998, after serving the District Court for the Southern District of New York beginning in 1992.

Judge Sotomayor has previously been nominated by both Democratic and Republican presidents -- Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. She has twice been confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support.


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