FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pick who you really want. Expect a partisan fight no matter what. Don't let your candidate by defined by the other side. Reach out to the other side even though you won't win them over. Enforce secrecy. Keep your own supporters in line. These are among President Barack Obama's lessons learned from the selection and confirmation of his first Supreme Court nominee last year _ and they amount to a roadmap to how he will choose his next nominee over the next few weeks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)