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Obama Selects Sotomayor for Court

May. 26, 2009
President Obama announced on Tuesday that he had chosen Judge Sonia Sotomayor of a Federal Court of Appeals based in New York as his nominee for the Supreme Court.
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WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Hispanic legal groups Tuesday urged President Obama to select a Hispanic judge to succeed retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter.
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WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Friday confirmed David Souter will step down as a Supreme Court justice at the end of the court's current term.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler