President Obama announced Tuesday he will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, extolling her “wisdom accumulated from an inspiring life’s journey” and setting her on course to become the court’s first Hispanic and third woman in history.
Defying criticism that the empathy Obama sought in a nominee will color her judgment, Sotomayor pledged “never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions.”
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