Sotomayor Takes Her Place at Supreme Court

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat atthe Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that includedPresident Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

By: Katie Hammond | WKRG-TV
Published: September 08, 2009

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WASHINGTON (AP) - 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.