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The US Supreme Court's newest member, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (L), poses with her mother Celina Sotomayor during an official photo session just before her investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington on September 8, 2009. Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first appointment to the high court, is the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice and only the third woman in the court's 220-year history. AFP PHOTO/J. Scott Applewhite/Pool (Photo credit should read J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AFP via Getty Images)