With a 68-31 vote, the Senate confirmed Sonja Sotomayor Thursday. Sotomayor is the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. She's expected to be sworn in on Saturday by Chief Justice John Roberts. The 55-year-old daughter of Puerto Rican parents, is President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee. Sotomayor was educated in the Ivy League and spent ...(64 words)
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