A young Sonia Sotomayor is pictured with her sister Miriam and cousins undated family photograph

A young Sonia Sotomayor is pictured with her sister Miriam and cousins, in this undated family photograph released by the White House on May 26, 2009. President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court’s first Hispanic justice and a liberal who is unlikely to change its ideological balance. REUTERS/The White House/Handout (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. IN BLACK AND WHITE ONLY