Whose nomination to the Supreme Court resulted from the planned push by Latino leaders for President Barack Obama to appoint a Latino justice?

a. Bill Richardson
b. Sonia Sotomayor
c. John Roberts
d. Ruth Bader Ginsburg


ANS: B

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a. theSupreme Court b. theU.S. district courts c. theU.S. Court of Federal Claims d. theU.S. courts of appeals

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A) John Locke B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau C) Thomas Hobbes D) Machiavelli

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