With yesterday’s announcement by Justice David Souter that he will be retiring at the conclusion of this current United States Supreme Court term, speculation has begun by those feverishly anticipating who President Barack Obama will appoint to replace the retiring Souter. One name that is at the forefront of the speculation is Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Many have opined that as a Latina Judge from the Bronx in New York City, that Judge Sotomayor represents the diversity and intellectual acuity that President Obama has indicated will guide his federal judicial appointments.

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