June 5, 2009

The Voter Update | Sotomayor's Ascension to the High Court

President Barack Obama has named U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court.

So who is Sonia Sotomayor and how could her ascension to the Supreme Court change the way it rules on cases from gun rights to abortion and more?

Veteran Supreme Court reporter Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog.com joins us to offer insight into Sotomayor's nomination to the nation's highest court.