President Barack Obama has made an enduring mark on the U.S. Supreme Court with his appointments of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, if for no other reason than that he doubled the number of female justices in the court’s history.
Among the court’s youngest members, Sotomayor, 62, and Kagan, 56, will likely personify Obama’s judicial legacy for years or decades, long after Obama is succeeded by future presidents. (Chances are slim that his third nominee, Merrick Garland, will be voted on by the Senate before Obama leaves office.)
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