Making History Was but One Factor

May 27th, 2009 - Washington Post

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Making History Was but One Factor - Washington Post

LAS VEGAS, May 27 -- President Obama's selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice places him beside Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan as presidents who broke demographic tradition with high court picks.

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