Senate confirms Sotomayor

[reality_hammer]

This was pretty much a done deal after the confirmation hearings.
WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve.
Hopefully this "wise

Comments

[juliet_winters]

Och, aye. She may be actually the second Hispanic. Depending on how define Hispanic.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/05/12/has-the-supreme-court-already-had-a-hispanic-justice/

First Hispanic woman tho, regardless.
What a great way to pick a Supreme Court Justice.

[reality_hammer]

Yeah, I saw that. Given the recent protestations of the 911 caller in the Gates "home invasion" kerfluffle I think it is safe to say that Portuguese consider themselves to be Hispanic. :D

[ex_annemarie10]

I may be wrong but somehow, I get the feeling she may not be a liberal vote all the time. She calls herself a "wise Latina". Well, from what I've seen, latinas tend to be more conservative on social issues than white liberals are.