Sotomayor to be Sworn in on Sabbath

Jewish groups don't endorse US Supreme Court nominees, at least in writing. Packed into the room along with Sotomayor's family, friends and colleagues were representatives of Jewish groups that have consulted with the White House about prospective replacements for David Souter.

"It was thrilling," said Sammie Moshenberg, the Washington director of the National Council of Jewish Women. Sotomayor's Jewish ties

Sotomayor, 55, is the first [Lie: What about Jew Cardozo?] Hispanic justice and only the third woman in the court's 220-year history.

She took the second of two oaths of office from Chief Justice John Roberts in an ornate conference room, beneath a portrait of the legendary Chief Justice John Marshall. Her left hand resting on a Bible that was held by her mother, Celina, Sotomayor pledged to "do equal right to the poor and to the rich."

Minutes earlier, she swore a first oath in a private ceremony in the room where the justices hold their private conferences. More

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