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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as an associate justice by Chief Justice John G. Roberts in Washington Aug. 8, 2009. She is the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. (CNS/Reuters/Jim Young)
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as an associate justice by Chief Justice John G. Roberts in Washington Aug. 8, 2009. She is the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. (CNS/Reuters/Jim Young)