Free Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor by Joan Biskupic

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Sonia Sotomayor strides into the East Room of the White House with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on May 26, 2009, for the president’s announcement of her nomination to the Supreme Court. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Emphasizing her point, Sotomayor speaks to President Obama on the day of her nomination to succeed the retiring justice David Souter; Vice President Biden looks on. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

In late June 2009, during preparation for Sotomayor’s July confirmation hearings, White House staff celebrated her birthday with her. Sotomayor laughs with Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts (left). Behind Sotomayor is Cynthia Hogan (far right), counsel to Vice President Biden. Butts and Hogan took the lead on much of the preparation. (Official White House Photo by Johnny Simon)

Sotomayor’s nomination set up ethnic and racial tensions that were captured by political cartoonists. Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans were featured in this spoof on West Side Story ’s “Jet Song,” by the cartoonist R. J. Matson in The New York Observer . (Courtesy of Cagle Cartoons)

Nate Beeler’s cartoon in the Washington Examiner conjures up criticism by Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich against Sotomayor, particularly for her “wise Latina” remark, suggesting their commentary may have been unwelcomed by other Republicans