President Obama is speaking soon at a White House reception in the East Room for the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Here is the list of attendees as distribued by the White House:
SEE RELATED:
First Lady Michelle Obama
Celina Sotomayor, family of Justice Sotomayor
Omar Lopez, family of Justice Sotomayor
Juan Sotomayor, family of Justice Sotomayor
US Supreme Court:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The US Supreme Court
Justice John Paul Stevens, The US Supreme Court
Administration Officials:
Gregory Craig, White House Counsel
Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor
Members of Congress:
US Senator Patrick Leahy, Vermont
US Senator Robert Menendez, New Jersey
US Senator Benjamin Cardin, Maryland
US Representative Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico
US Representative Nydia Velasquez, New York
US Representative Jerrold Nadler, New York
US Representative Alan Grayson, Florida
US Representative José Serrano, New York
US Representative John Conyers, Michigan
US Representative Anthony Weiner, New York
Federal Court of Appeals:
The Honorable Dennis Jacobs, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The Honorable Robert Katzmann, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The Honorable Pierre Leval, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The Honorable Barrington Parker, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The Honorable David Tatel, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
The Honorable Rosemary Pooler, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Other elected officials and leaders:
Governor David Paterson, New York
Polly Baca, former Colorado state legislator
Louis Freeh, former Director, FBI, currently President, Freeh Group International
Wade Henderson, President/CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Amy Mercado, President, Orange County (FL) Democratic Hispanic Caucus
Robert Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York County
Elizabeth Moynihan
Janet Murguia, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza
Karen Narasaki, Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center
John Payton, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Federico Peña, former Secretary of Transportation, Energy, currently Managing Director, Vestar Capital Partners
Lillian Rodriguez-Lopez, President, Hispanic Federation
Ramona Romero, President, Hispanic National Bar Association; Corporate Counsel for Logistics and Energy, DuPont
Ted Shaw, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School, formerly Director-Counsel and President, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Raul Yzaguirre, Executive Director and Presidential Professor of Practice, The Center for Community Development and Civil Rights at Arizona State University
— Jon Ward, White House reporter, The Washington Times
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