Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom

By Megan Carpentier | May 26, 2009 | 3:00pm

When Judge Sotomayor took the podium to accept President Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court a few minutes ago, she introduced and began by thanking her extended family. But when she got to her mom, she teared up… and, frankly, so did we.