Senate puts Sotomayor in Supreme Court
China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-08 08:26
WASHINGTON: Sonia Sotomayor will make history on Saturday when she takes oath as the first Hispanic judge of the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, will be the court's 111th justice, third woman and first nominee by a Democrat in 15 years.
The Senate voted 68-31 on Thursday, capping a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics.
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