http://www.advancingequality.org Asian American Justice Center Release RSS feed. . Copyright 2005, Asian American Justice Center Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@advancingequality.org Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:16:01 GMT Release http://www.advancingequality.org/en/rel/190/ Washington, D.C. – Today, President Barack Obama announced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic Supreme Court pick in history. If confirmed by the Senate, Judge Sotomayor would succeed retiring Justice David Souter. Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), was present at the White House for the announcement and issued the following statement praising the selection. AAJC applauds President Obama’s nomination of Second Circuit Court Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Born to a working class Puerto Rican family, Judge Sotomayor has lived the American dream and is a great example to all Americans. After growing up in a public housing project in the South Bronx to parents born in Puerto Rico, Judge Sotomayor graduated as valedictorian of her high school class, then graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and finally went on to graduate from Yale Law School, where... http://www.advancingequality.org/en/rel/190/ noemail@advancingequality.org Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT