US: Obama hails confirmation his high court nominee
Fri Aug 7 06:09:04 EST 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 AP - President Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the US Supreme Court.
"With this historic vote, the Senate has affirmed that Justice Sotomayor has the intellect, the temperament, the history, the integrity and the independence of mind to ably serve on our nation's highest court," Obama said on Thursday after Sotomayor's Senate confirmation.
Sotomayor will be sworn in on Saturday and appear with Obama at the White House on Wednesday.
The president called the occasion a wonderful moment for Sotomayor's family - and for the United States.
