Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor announced in Washington

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)