Judge Sonia Sotomayor
The face of change.
Well, Jeffrey Rosen, here goes.
[UPDATE: Here's a nearly 11-year-old Slate piece by Jacob Weisberg talking about, shockingly, Republicans' concerns about then-District Court Judge Sotomayor's appellate nomination -- because of the prospect of her later being named to the Supreme Court. (via none other than Article III Groupie by was of alter ego David Lat)
The White House talking points, from TPM, include the fact that:
If confirmed for the Supreme Court, Judge Sotomayor would bring more federal judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice in 100 years, and more overall judicial experience than anyone confirmed for the Court in the past 70 years. She has been a big-city prosecutor and a corporate litigator, a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court, and an appellate judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.]
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found