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Harris will be sworn in by the countryâs first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor From CNNâs Maureen Chowdhury
Getty Images Kamala Harris will make history as the first woman, the first woman of color, the first Black person and the first South Asian to be Vice President. In addition, Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Justice in the courtâs history. Sotomayor was nominated to the Supreme Court by former President Barack Obama in 2009. Like Harris, Sotomayor broke barriers throughout her career. She is the third female justice in US Supreme Court history, and she was the first Hispanic person to be appointed to the federal bench in New York.
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