Supreme Court Nominee is a Role Model in the Bronx
474 views · Published 9 July 2009 · 4:09 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Confirmation hearings are set to begin July 13 for President Obama's first nominee to the US Supreme Court: Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York City. Sotomayor would be the first Supreme Court Justice of Hispanic descent and the first to come from the South Bronx, a poor neighborhood in northern New York City. VOA's Carolyn Weaver has a profile.
