My Beloved World (48 page)

The bride Celina and her groom Omar, with Junior, now Dr. Sotomayor. As my first official act, I performed the marriage of the couple on the night of my induction to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

At the White House: Mami, Kiley, Conner, and Corey as President Obama announces my nomination to the Supreme Court

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are required to take multiple oaths. Here I take the Judicial Oath, administered by Chief Justice Roberts in the Justices’ conference room, with my mother holding the Bible and Junior looking on.