Supreme Court Justice Nominee

(Photo: The Oyez Project, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

With the upcoming retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, President Obama has the task of appointing his replacement. His nominee is Sonia Sotomayor. She is considered a liberal judge and would keep the current balance on the Court. She would be only the third woman in history to sit on the Supreme Court and the first Hispanic. To find out more about Sonia Sotomayor, check out the article, Push to confirm Sotomayor for Supreme Court: Republicans face uphill battle in defeating high court nominee, from MSNBC. To find out more about the Supreme Court and it's history, check out their website or the Supreme Court Historical Society site. Also, here are just a few of the sources you will find in our collection:

The United States Supreme Court
KF 8742 .U55 2005

The Nine: the secret world of the Supreme Court
KF 8748 .T66 2007

Supreme Conflict: the inside story of the stuggle for control of the United States Supreme Court
KF 8742 .G74 2007

The Supreme Court: the personalities and rivalries that defined America
KF8744 .R67 2007

David Hackett Souter: traditional Repubican on the Rehnquist Court
KF 8745 .S68 Y37 2005

FDR v. the Constitution: the court-packing fight and the triumph of democracy
KF 8742 .S585 2009

The Dirty Dozen: how twelve Supreme Court cases radically expanded government and eroded freedom
KF 8742 .L485 2008

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
KF 8742 .A35 O93 2005 (in our Reference collection)