Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy after Senate confirmed Judge Sotomayor's nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington

Marcelle Pomerleau (L), wife of Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (2nd L) greets Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (R), as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) looks on, before a press conference were Democrats discussed the Senate's confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington on August 6, 2009. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn