Sotomayor Nominated to SCOTUS

President Obama has announced his nominee for the Supreme Court: Hon. Sonia Sotomayer. Sotomayer is currently a Circuit Judge for the US Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, a post she has been in since she was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1998. Full story here. I have to say, Sotomayor is a commendable pick: a single, Hispanic woman raised in the projects of the Bronx, with a (to quote the President) "sterling" record as a trial judge. (I suppose it would be too much to ask that she also be a lesbian...)