FILE - In this Oct. 14, 1998 file photo, federal judge Sonia Sotomayor poses by her office window in New York overlooking the old Federal Courthouse on Foley Square. President Barack Obama tapped Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a justice. Two officials described Obama's decision on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement had been made. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)