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Obama To Nominate Sotomayor To High Court

NPR | By Ari Shapiro,
Mara Liasson, Steve Inskeep, David Greene
Published May 26, 2009 at 6:16 AM PDT

President Obama has chosen federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the opening on the Supreme Court. The announcement is expected to be made official Tuesday. If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to serve on the nation's highest court. She would succeed Justice David Souter, who is retiring.

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Ari Shapiro
Mara Liasson
Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR.
Steve Inskeep
Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition and Up First.
David Greene
David Greene is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author. He is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, the most listened-to radio news program in the United States, and also of NPR's popular morning news podcast, Up First.