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Which president nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit?

  • George W. Bush

  • Bill Clinton

  • Barack Obama

  • Jimmy Carter

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President Bill Clinton nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1997. She was eventually confirmed in 1998 after facing some opposition from the Republican majority in the Senate.
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