Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Mee 1, 2009, David Souter kwupụtara na ya ga-ala ezumike nká n'Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu na June 29, na mmalite nke ezumike ezumike nke Court 2009. O jere ozi dị ka osote ọkàikpe ruo afọ 19. Nke a bụ ohere mbụ nye onyeisiala Barack Obama, onye
ọ malitere ọrụ n'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 2009, iji mejupụta ọkwá dị na Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu. Onyeisiala na ndị ndụmọdụ ya ebidolarị ịkwado maka ihe a nwere ike ime tupu e were ya n'ọrụ dịka onyeisiala, n'oge mgbanwe ọchịchị. Mgbe ekwuputara atụmatụ ezumike nka Souter, Sonia Sotomayor nwetara nlebara anya na mbido dị ka onye na-agba ọsọ iji nọchie ya. Ndị ọzọ na-ebute ndepụta dị iche iche nke ndị nwere ike ịbụ ndị a gụnyere: Elena Kagan, Diane Wood na Jennifer Granholm.