Supreme Court Nominations
Sotomayor Becomes a Supreme Court and YouTube Celebrity
Posted Nov 17, 2009, 07:34 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
U.S. Supreme Court justices usually aren’t hounded by autograph seekers and well-wishers, or surrounded by swarms of people during public appearances.
But the court’s newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, has become something of a celebrity, attracting attention wherever she goes, the Associated Press reports.
One of the most popular YouTube videos shows Sotomayor doing the mambo to a song written for her. A search of YouTube for Sotomayor videos turned up 2,000 of them, twice the amount of videos for other justices, the story says. During a celebration of Latino music outside the White House, a throng of people with cameras clamored for a photo of Sotomayor.
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