Sotomayor Takes Her Place On High Court Bench

APReport ^ | September 08, 2009

[Steelfish]

Sotomayor takes her place on high court bench

Courtroom onlookers included mother, brother, and singer Ricky Martin

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

The Supreme Court's newest member, Sonia Sotomayor, left, is escorted by Chief Justice John Roberts following her investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - 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.

The ceremony Tuesday was just for show. Sotomayor and the rest of the court will return Wednesday for the argument in a key case about campaign finance law.

Sotomayor, 55, last month became the first Hispanic and third woman to be a justice. She took the oath again Tuesday in a ceremony by which the court formally welcomes its newest member.

Attorney General Eric Holder presented Sotomayor's ivory-colored commission from Obama. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office, after which Sotomayor took her seat at the end of the bench to Roberts' left, next to Justice Stephen Breyer. All her colleagues were in attendance.

Sotomayor wore a white, decorative collar that was given to her by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a new robe presented by her law clerks in New York.

Among the onlookers in the courtroom were her mother, Celina, and brother, Juan, the entertainer Ricky Martin, retired Justice David Souter, the man she replaced, members of Congress, federal judges and former top Justice Department officials.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Who forgot the barf alert?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Beyond an embarrassment

[reagan_fanatic]

Now for the agenda...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ivory colored commission? Shouldn’t it have been ebony?

[Cheetahcat]

This is a Joke.

[pnh102]

Let us not forget the worthless GOP that rolled over and helped confirm her.

[pissant]

That dingbat is dangerous.

[HiTech RedNeck]

4/5 of the Senate GOP voted no

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I am sure that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences like Sonya Sotomayor would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

[Uncle Ike]

” Sotomayor Takes Her Place On High Court Bench “

Sotomayor Takes a Qualified Person’s Place On High Court Bench

[there - fixed it]

[2harddrive]

Oh, NOOooooooo!

[I Buried My Guns]

A wise, racist, man-hating lesbian latina trumps....well, everything.

[matt1234]

Bench, eh? Is her ass too fat for a chair?

[pnh102]

4/5 of the Senate GOP voted no

And 5/5 of the Senate Democrats voted yes. While it would not have made a difference in the outcome, the GOP could have at least pretended to put up a fight.

[pnh102]

A wise, racist, man-hating lesbian latina trumps....well, everything.

Was Ricky Martin the clue?

[LibLieSlayer]

This is a sad day for America and American Justice... a fat-a$$ed racist, commie activist took a seat in the SCOTUS today... a hallowed place she neither is qualified for nor deserves... she is exactly like hussein and van jones... no difference... except she is now stuck there like a canker sore... for a lifetime.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Lightfoot lyndsey and his gaylord buddies.

LLS

[Steelfish]

One surefire vote for gun control; affirmative action; and homosexual marriage.

[jessduntno]

“Bench, eh? Is her ass too fat for a chair?”

Steel re-in-forced...lifted into place this morning by crane...when she sits around the court, she sits AROUND the court...