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Obama Announces Supreme Court Nominee (27 images)



President Barack Obama announces U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court Justice nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter, at the White House in Washington on May 26, 2009. If Sotomayor is confirmed she would be the first Hispanic women to serve on the Supreme Court. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor (L), pictured in an undated photo visiting students at her alma mater, Cardinal Spellman High School in New York, was announced as U.S. President Barack Obama's Supreme Court Justice nominee, replacing Justice David Souter, in Washington on May 26, 2009. (UPI Photo/White House Press Office)
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Celina Sotomayor, the mother of President Obama's Supreme Court Justice nominee U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor, walks into the East Room for her daughters announcement ceremony at the White House in Washington on May 26, 2009. If Sotomayor is confirmed she would be the first Hispanic women to serve on the Supreme Court. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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President Barack Obama (C) announces U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) as his Supreme Court Justice nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter, as Vice President Joe Biden watches, at the White House in Washington on May 26, 2009. If Sotomayor is confirmed she would be the first Hispanic women to serve on the Supreme Court. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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