Supreme Court Pick by Obama is Sonia Sotomayor; Janet Napolitano was Rumored to be Among Candidates

  The rumor mill had Janet Napolitano as a potential Supreme Court justice nominee, but President Barack Obama today announced Sonia Sotomayor was his choice. Looks like the former Arizona governor will have to to slog it out with border-reform activists and angry conservatives for a while longer as Homeland Security secretary...
By Ray SternMay 26, 2009
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The rumor mill had Janet Napolitano as a potential Supreme Court justice nominee, but President Barack Obama today announced Sonia Sotomayor was his choice.

Looks like the former Arizona governor will have to to slog it out with border-reform activists and angry conservatives for a while longer as Homeland Security secretary.

 

 

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Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He’s won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club’s Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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