VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Nominates First Hispanic to Supreme
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme 1 Court. The president chose a woman who, if confirmed, will become the first justice of Hispanic descent.
President Barack Obama and federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, after the president announced her as his nominee 2 to the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The president says he made his pick for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court after a rigorous selection process.
"I have decided 3 to nominate an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the great state of New York," he said.
With the new nominee at his side, the president went before an audience in the White House East Room and talked about the qualities he looked for in a Supreme Court justice.
He said strong intellect and an understanding of the role of the judiciary are key. But he says Sonia Sotomayor brings more to the court.
"Over a distinguished 4 career that spans three decades, Judge Sotomayor has worked at almost every level of our judicial 5 system, providing her with a depth of experience and a breadth of perspective that will be invaluable 6 as a Supreme Court justice," he said.
He noted 7 she has been both a government prosecutor 8 and a private attorney. She became a trial judge in 1992.
"It is a measure of her qualities and her qualifications that Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the U.S. District Court by a Republican president, George H. W. Bush, and promoted to the Federal Court of Appeals by a Democrat 9, Bill Clinton," said Mr. Obama.
The president also cited what he described as her compelling life's journey. The child of parents who moved to New York from Puerto Rico, she grew up in government subsidized housing in one of the toughest parts of the city.
"Sonia, what you have shown in your life, is it does not matter where you come from, what you look like, or what challenges life throws your way, no dream is beyond reach in the United States of America," added President Obama.
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