Sotomayor would be first with type 1 diabetes
If she makes it through the confirmation process, Sonia Sotomayor would not only be the first Hispanic to sit on the US Supreme Court, she would also be the first member with type 1 diabetes.
President Obama will nominate federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York to the US Supreme Court today, according to White House sources, positioning the longtime federal jurist to become the first Latino member of the nation's high court.