Obama to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme court
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.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.