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On Tuesday, May 26th, President Obama announced that he had nominated Sonia Sotomayor, as a candidate, to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice David Souter.  What a firestorm this nomination has set off.  The Republicans and conservatives have wasted no time in labeling this nomination as a poor choice.  In addition, the ad wars have begun.  The Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative advocacy group, has wasted no time to put together an ad critical of comments made by Judge Sotomayor at a 2005 conference. What do we know about this nominee for the Supreme Court?  Well, let’s begin with the obvious; she is a Hispanic woman, of Puerto Rican descent.  She is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School.  After law school, Sotomayor worked as a prosecutor in New York, and then later on went into private practice.  She became a judge in 1992 when her nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York was confirmed.  Later, in 1998, she became the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Below is Judge Sotomayor in her own words on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Sotomayor has authored hundreds of opinions in her long legal career.  She attained fame in 1995 as the Judge who “saved baseball.”  Judge Sotomayor’s ruling against the baseball owners ended the 1994 baseball strike that had lasted for 232 days.  Her most recent and controversial ruling involved the city of New Haven’s decision to toss out tests used to evaluate candidates for promotion in the fire department because there were no minority candidates at the top of the list.  She was part of the panel of judges who rejected the challenge brought by the firefighters against the City.  The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering this case.  If appointed, Judge Sotomayor will make history by becoming the first Hispanic to be seated on the Supreme Court.  What are your thoughts about Judge Sotomayor’s nomination? http://www.gossipsecretaries.com/blog/item/obamas_supreme_pick_sonia_sotomayor/