Sonia Sotomayor may never win a Miss America pageant, but boohoo, she's a Supreme Court justice.

索妮亚·索托马约尔或许永远当不了美国小姐，可呜呼，她当上了最高法院的法官。

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If confirmed, Sotomayor will become one of only three women to serve on the Supreme Court and its first Hispanic justice.

如果得到确认，她将成为美国最高法院仅有过的三位女法官之一，也将是最高法院第一位拉美裔法官。

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Many of them may live in the huge low-income housing complex that has just been named in Justice Sotomayor's honor.

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Justice Sotomayor is expected to generally side with the liberal minority on court, following in the footsteps of the man she replaced, retired Justice David Souter.

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Justice Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to replace retired Justice David Souter.

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And so I will move quickly to name a nominee, as I did with Justice Sotomayor.

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Justice Sotomayor asked why California had an interest in denying gay couples the right to marry.

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