CHEERS FOR OBAMA'S PICK OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT

Hurray for Pres. Barack Obama's nomination for U.S. Supreme Court of Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor is a Court of Appeals judge on the Second Circuit. She is Puerto Rican and speaks fluent Spanish.

Michael Shear, Debbi Wilgoren and Robert Barnes report for the WashPo web page:

"If confirmed, Sotomayor, 54, would be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and only the third woman ever to sit on the panel. She grew up in a Bronx housing project, went on to Princeton University and Yale Law School, and has stirred controversy by saying that judges' legal findings are informed by their own life experiences as well as their legal research."