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Sotomayor to be first Hispanic on US high court
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice in a Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics. Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, will be sworn in Saturday as the court's 111th justice, third woman and first nominee by a Democrat in 15 years. The Senate vote was 68-31.