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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 27 > Sotomayor in line to be first Hispanic justice

Sotomayor in line to be first Hispanic justice

Appeals judge fits Obama’s criteria, but how much does biography actually matter?

By Robert Barnes and Michael A. Fletcher / The Bulletin
May 27, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama chose arguably the most controversial of his potential nominees to the Supreme Court, and he presented Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the embodiment of the qualities he seeks in a judge: a rigorous intellect, an appreciation of the limited role of the....

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