Ur Sonia Sotomayors inledningsanförande inför utfrågningen som startade i går och fortsätter idag:
"The progression of my life has been uniquely American. My parents left Puerto Rico during World War II. I grew up in modest circumstances in a Bronx housing project. My father, a factory worker with a third grade education, passed away when I was nine years old.
On her own, my mother raised my brother and me. She taught us that the key to success in America is a good education. And she set the example, studying alongside my brother and me at our kitchen table so that she could become a registered nurse. We worked hard.".
Det är bara att buga sig för Sonia Sotomayor. Och lika djupt för hennes mor.
"The progression of my life has been uniquely American. My parents left Puerto Rico during World War II. I grew up in modest circumstances in a Bronx housing project. My father, a factory worker with a third grade education, passed away when I was nine years old.
On her own, my mother raised my brother and me. She taught us that the key to success in America is a good education. And she set the example, studying alongside my brother and me at our kitchen table so that she could become a registered nurse. We worked hard.".
Det är bara att buga sig för Sonia Sotomayor. Och lika djupt för hennes mor.
Bilden: Byggnaden där USA:s högsta domstol (Supreme Court) håller till,
och där Sotomayor med stor sannolikhet snart får ta en historisk plats.
