President Barack Obama has selected Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court according to a published report.

Sotomayor becomes the first Hispanic nominated to the Nation’s highest court.  Sotomayor, 54, is currently a Circuit Court judge for the United States.

She will have to go through a tough and likely lengthy Senate confirmation.

Sonia Sotomayor’s Education

• High School: Cardinal Spellman High School (Bronx, NY)
• College: Princeton University (A.B. 1976, summa cum laude)
• Law School: Yale Law School (J.D. 1979, editor of Yale Law Journal)

Federal Judicial Experience

• U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York (1991, appointed by President George H. W. Bush)
• Circuit Court of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd District (1997, appointed by President Bill Clinton)

source: wikipedia