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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
August 07, 2009
Jackson Lee hails confirmation of Judge Sotomayor
Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court serves as "an inspiration for young and older women alike" in Houston and across the country.
Jackson Lee welcomed the bipartisan 68-31 Senate vote confirming the New York jurist to the nation's highest court -- the first Hispanic on the nine member court since the nation was founded.
"It's truly amazing when a Latino woman, who grew up in a New York housing project and whose father died when she nine years old, could one day become a member of the highest court in the land," said Jackson Lee, a graduate of University of Virginia Law School.
"Judge Sotomayor's story is one that serves an inspiration for Latinos, Blacks, and Americans as a nation."
Sotomayor is scheduled to be sworn in at the Supreme Court on Saturday by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Sotomayor and Jackson Lee both attended Yale University - Sotomayor as a law student, Jackson Lee as an undergraduate.
"I'm confident that Judge Sotomayor's background will guide her in applying the law humanely and equally," said Jackson Lee. "Like with the election of President Obama, today is another example that here in America, with hard work and determination, all things are possible."
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