President Barack Obama and Justice Sonia Sotomayor talk in the Green Room prior to the start of a reception honoring Sotomayor at the White House, August 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the Green Room of the White House, August 12, 2009.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor hugs her mother, Celina Sotomayor, during a reception in the East Room of the White House, August 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama congratulates Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during a reception in the East Room of the White House, August 12, 2009.

Senator Leahy presents Justice Sotomayor with the framed final vote tally from the Senate vote confirming her to the Supreme Court at the White House, August 12, 2009.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor attends a party in her honor in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building one day after the conclusion of Senate confirmation hearings July 17, 2009.

President Barack Obama watches testimony during Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing on a television in the Outer Oval Office, July 14, 2009.

Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and Senior Advisor David Axelrod stand by while President Obama makes calls to members of Congress to discuss the announcement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court in the Oval Office, May 26, 2009.

A tour group watches as workers at the White House prepare for an event announcing Judge Sonia Sotomayor as President Barack Obama's nominee for Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter May 26, 2009.

Celina Sotomayor, the mother of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, cries as President Barack Obama announces her daughter is the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, in the East Room of the White House, May 26, 2009.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden applaud as Judge Sonia Sotomayor delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009.