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Obama for America

"Honoring Justice Sonia Sotomayor" +
  3:04 web video from May 26, 2012.

TEXT: Three years ago today

[Music] Obama: After completing this exhaustive process I have decided to nominate an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the great state of New York.

Alida: As a woman, a Latina lawyer, that meant all the world to me.

Andrea (in Spanish): I actually remember the speech, and the things that were said, and I have listened to that speech several times, and it really is one of the reasons why I am working for the campaign.

Alida: You internally put sort of limits on your own capabilities because you don't see a lot of yourself within the profession.  That day I just remember bawling my eyes out watching the president nominate her, and I just felt like my glass ceiling just shattered.

Andrea (in Spanish):  The history of Judge Sotomayor is a Latino story really.  She was raised in a very modest way and triumphed because of her studies and also because she had the support of her family and her community.

Alida: The pride wasn't just in the glass ceiling shattering, it was in knowing that she had done everything she needed to do to earn that jobxxthat she worked hard, went to amazing schools and had the most experience.

Obama: Even as she has accomplished so much in her life, she has never forgotten where she began, never lost touch with the community that supported her...

Elis (in Spanish): It's very important to have a Latina in the Supreme Court for me and for my family because it feels like the first time that we have a voice there.

Rachel: As a Puerto Rican woman myself, it was a very proud moment for me, but when I think about my daughter, who's 2 1/2 years old, it means that no dream is too big for her to dream.

Obama: When Sonia Sotomayor ascends those marble steps to assume her seat on the highest court in the land, America will have taken another important step towards realizing the ideal that is etched above its entrance: Equal justice under the law.

Elis (in Spanish): I am dedicated to President Obama's campaign because with the example of choosing Sotomayor to the Supreme Court I know that he is also dedicated to the same values that we have in our community.

Alida: It started with the nomination of Judge Sotomayor, but he has delivered consistently for the community, and there's really frankly too much at stake, and so that's why I'm here, that's why I'm working hard every single day.

Andrea (in Spanish): The nomination of Judge Sotomayor really joined us all as a Hispanic community throughout the country.

Alida: There's nothing that matters more for our community right now than re-electing President Obama.

Andrea (in Spanish): For that reason we are united for President Obama's campaign.

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