'Justice Ginsburg Welcomes Sotomayor Nomination'

[Jackeens]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, addressing the annual conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Friday, signaled her admiration for 2nd Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the nominee to replace retiring justice David Souter.

"As much as I will miss Justice Souter's company," she said, reviewing top Court events of the last year, "I was cheered by the next banner headline," namely President Barack Obama's selection of Sotomayor as the next associate justice.

"The nominee will bring to the Supreme Court, as she did to the district court and then the Court of Appeals, a wealth of experience in law and in life," Ginsburg said. "And I am so glad no longer to be the lone woman on the court." Implicitly assuming that Sotomayor will be confirmed, she added, "I look forward to a new colleague well-equipped to handle the challenges our work presents."

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[Karenina]

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