Bronx Assemblyman and locals discuss Sonia Sotomayor, saying her nomination to the Supreme Court brings communities like theirs, a new sense of pride and possibility.
"CBS News RAW:" Vice President Joe Biden joined supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in Washington noting to law enforcement officials that "she gets what it takes to keep our communities safe and our streets clean."
In her commencement speech at Washington Mathematics Science Technology Public Charter School, Michelle Obama praised Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor and compared their experiences as women of color.
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says that if the Republicans filibuster the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, "They're going to seem to be the party of Rush Limbaugh, the party of Newt Gingrich..."
Judge Sonia Sotomayor describes her long journey from a housing project in an urban Puerto Rican neighborhood to the memorable day she was given a private tour of the White House, when she was a newly appointed federal judge.
A video from the Law School Admission Council in 2004.
"Walking in the door she 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 Hon. Sonia Sotomayor describing the difference between clerking on a district court and on an appellate court, at a panel at Duke. A cropped version of this clip has stirred controversy in some circles.
