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The Most Electrifying Moment in Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Life

Season 2 Episode 217
Aired on 03/24/2013 | CC tv-pg
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she was in total disbelief the day she got the call from President Barack Obama informing her that she would be his nominee for the nation's highest court. Watch as Justice Sotomayor tells Oprah what the president said to her on the phone and why his words made her do something she rarely does—cry. Plus, Justice Sotomayor reveals the two promises she made to the president.