US Supreme Court nominee Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor (L) makes remarks after US President Barack Obama (R) introduced her to fill the seat being vacated by Justice David Souter, at the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. Also pictured is Vice President Joe Biden (C). Obama nominated Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino. Obama's choice of the liberal Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was unlikely to change the ideological balance of the high court because Souter, 69, was part of the panel's liberal wing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW)