Sotomayor to Be Sworn In as Justice Saturday.

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Source: AP/NYT

Sonia Sotomayor, her family and friends are gathering at the Supreme Court for her swearing-in as the court's first Hispanic, third woman and 111th justice.

Chief Justice John Roberts is to preside Saturday at two ceremonies that will officially make Sotomayor a high court justice. . .

Before she can begin her new job, though, she has to take two oaths.

In a private ceremony in the justices' conference room, Roberts will administer an oath that the Constitution requires of all federal officials, to ''support and defend'' the Constitution. Then, in a public ceremony that is expected to be aired live on some cable networks, he will give Sotomayor a second oath in which she pledges to ''administer justice'' fairly and impartially, as prescribed by a 220-year-old federal law.





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