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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was confirmed as Supreme Court Justice by the US Senate Thursday, was officially sworn in today as the Supreme Court‘s third female Justice and first of Hispanic descent. In front of 60 family members and friends, Justice Sotomayor was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts with her brother Juan Luis Sotomayor by her side and her mother Celina Sotomayor holding the swearing in Bible. Here are a couple photos of our newest Supreme Court Justice being sworn in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building in Washington DC today:

Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath on Saturday, becoming the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court in United States history. At just past 11 a.m., Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered a pair of oaths to her in two private ceremonies at the Supreme Court building, completing her ascent to a life-tenured position as the nation’s 111th justice, and the first to be nominated by a Democratic president since 1994. In the first ceremony, which took place in the justice’s conference room and was attended only by her relatives and a court photographer, she took the standard oath affirmed by all federal employees, swearing to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” She and the chief justice then walked to the court’s East Conference Room for the judicial oath, in which she stood before about 60 friends and family members and swore to “administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me” under the Constitution and laws of the United States. The appointment of Justice Sotomayor, 55, capped a life story that began in a Bronx housing project, where the Puerto Rican girl was raised by her widowed mother … Saturday’s oath-taking ceremonies brought to a close a 10-week confirmation battle in which Republicans attacked her as an alleged “judicial activist,” citing speeches she had made on topics like foreign law and the role of diversity on the judiciary, including a now-famous comment about the superior judgment of a “wise Latina” … But Democrats insisted that Judge Sotomayor was a highly qualified, mainstream and moderate jurist, and in the end Democrats’ numerical advantage in the Senate virtually ensured her success. The Senate on Thursday voted 68 to 31 to confirm her in a largely party-line vote: No Democrat voted against her, while all but 9 of the chamber’s 40 Republicans did so. Although Justice Sotomayor is now a full member of the court, entitled to move into her new chambers and prepare for her first case — a campaign-finance dispute left over from the court’s last term — she still has several rituals yet to attend President Obama, who did not attend Saturday’s events, will be at a White House ceremony on Wednesday in Justice Sotomayor’s honor. And on Sept. 8, the Supreme Court will hold a special invitation-only investiture ceremony — a special sitting at which she will take her seat on the dais for the first time, probably followed by an appearance alongside Chief Justice Roberts for a traditional picture on the front steps of the court.

Woot!! I was thrilled to hear the news Thursday that Justice Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate but her official swearing in today solidifies my excitement. I have every confidence that she will serve the United States of America well as our newest Justice. Much love and congrats goes out to her and her entire family today. They have every reason to be proud of Justice Sotomayor.

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In May President Barack Obama nominated Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the next Justice of the US Supreme Court after Justice David Souter announced that he would be stepping down from the high court. After passing confirmation hearings in the US House of Representatives, Sotomayor was approved and confirmed for the Supreme Court Thursday afternoon by a vote of 68-31. Sonia Sotomayor becomes the third woman and the first Hispanic to serve on the US Supreme Court:

Voting largely along party lines, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court. She will be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the court. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was expected to administer the oath of office to Judge Sotomayor, 55, in the next few days, with a formal ceremony likely in September. She succeeds Justice David H. Souter, who retired in June. Democrats celebrated the successful nomination and relatively smooth confirmation process as a bright spot in a summer when they have been buffeted by several challenges, including rocky progress on their attempts to overhaul the nation’s health care system, President Obama’s falling approval ratings, the climbing unemployment rate and other lingering economic problems. Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation was never in much doubt, given Democrats’ numerical advantage in the Senate. But the final vote — 68 to 31 — represented a partisan divide. No Democrat voted against her, while all but 9 of the chamber’s 40 Republicans did so. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, is ailing and did not vote. During three days of debate on the Senate floor, Republicans labeled Judge Sotomayor a liberal judicial activist, decrying several of her speeches about diversity and the nature of judgments, as well as her votes in cases involving Second Amendment rights, property rights and a reverse-discrimination claim brought by white firefighters in New Haven … From the moment Mr. Obama chose her in May, many political strategists warned Republicans that opposing the first Latina nominated to the Supreme Court would jeopardize the party in future elections. In the waning days of the debate, some Democrats sought to portray Republican opposition as a grave insult to Latinos. “Republicans will pay a price for saying ‘no’ to this judge,” Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, said in Spanish at a news conference Wednesday. And in July, the National Rifle Association, which historically has stayed out of judicial nomination fights, came out against Justice Sotomayor and said it would include senators’ confirmation vote in its legislative scorecard on gun-rights issues for the 2010 election — a pointed threat to Democrats from conservative-leaning states. But attempts to appeal to interest-group politics in the confirmation process largely faltered. The final vote was “a triumph of party unity over some of the interest group politics that you would have expected to play a bigger role,” said Curt Levey, executive director of the conservative Committee for Justice, which opposed Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation.

Despite the threats from the Republican party, there was really never any doubt that Judge Sotomayor would be approved for the Supreme Court. What an amazing and history-making day for the United States of America. In the long history of the Supreme Court, there has never been a person of Hispanic descent on the court … and now, Sotomayor is the first. I have every confidence that she will full her oath and commitment to the Court to the best of her ability, ruling both judiciously and prudently. Congratulations Justice Sotomayor!!

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President Barack Obama announced his nominee to the US Supreme Court to replace Justice David Souter who announced at the start of this month that he is retiring from the Supreme Court. There was much speculation as to who Obama would select to join the court in Souter‘s place and today that announcement was made. Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor is Obama‘s pick and if approved by the US Senate, she would be the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic Justice and the the third female Justice (after Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg). Here are a couple pics from the President’s announcement in the East Room of the White House earlier today:

President Obama on Tuesday nominated federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic and third female U.S. Supreme Court justice if confirmed. Obama announced the nomination Tuesday morning in the East Room of the White House. “Thank you, Mr. President, for the most humbling honor of my life,” Sotomayor said. “My heart is bursting with gratitude,” she said. She gave special recognition to her mother, who was sitting in the audience. “I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences,” Sotomayor said. Obama called Sotomayor “an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice.” She “has worked at almost every level of our judicial system, providing her with a depth of experience and a breath of perspective that will be invaluable as a Supreme Court justice,” he added. Obama said Sotomayor “would bring more experience on the bench and more varied experience on the bench than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed.” The president met with Sotomayor at the White House for an hour on Thursday, according to senior administration officials. He was impressed with Sotomayor’s personal story and professional qualifications after meeting her, but he did not immediately offer her the job, two senior administration sources added. Obama made his final decision Monday, the sources said.

It was pretty much assumed by all that Obama would be selecting a woman as his nominee but there was much speculation about which woman he would pick. As a Hispanic myself, it thrills me that there is a strong possibility that Sotomayor will join the US Supreme Court. I cannot for the life of me imagine what it must be like to get the call from the President informing you that you have been selected to join the Supreme Court. I am not familiar at all with Sotomayor‘s record as a judge so I had to do some reading up on her credentials. If you, too, would like more information on Sotomayor‘s legal experience you can read more about it after the jump …