Conservative logic can make liberals weep — perhaps literally. Just ask Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who on Friday told a Harvard University audience that life can be very hard now that conservatives form a majority on the court. “There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has admitted that some Supreme Court decisions have brought her to tears. Source link
Justice Sonia Sotomayor botched the status of abortion laws Wednesday when she said some states bar all abortions, even in cases where the mother’s life is at stake. She was sparring with Joshua Turner, a lawyer defending Idaho’s law, which does generally bar abortions but also includes a mother’s life exception. “What you’re saying is […]
There have been hints going back more than a year that some on the left are thinking now would be a good time for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire. Karen wrote about it back in February. I wrote about in early March when Josh Barro pointed out that this year may be her best chance […]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal has subtly hinted at the possibility of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stepping down to allow the current Democratic majority to choose a successor. During an interview with NBC News’ Sahil Kapur on Wednesday, Mr. Blumenthal, while expressing admiration for Justice Sotomayor, 69, suggested she take into account the strategic consideration of […]
While the anger was a bit misplaced, one can easily understand why liberals were furious that the now-deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn’t step down before the 2014 midterm elections. After all, the writing was on the wall. In the sixth year of Barack Obama in the White House, Americans had gotten fed […]
An increasing number of Democrats and liberals are growing quite concerned over the looming possibility that Joe Biden could lose the election in November and usher in another term for Donald Trump. An unsubtle sign of progressive voices all but saying this directly can be found in suggestions on the left that Supreme Court Justice […]
Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed and sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice in August 2009. That means this August will be her 15th year on the court. But there’s another landmark coming up before that, one that Josh Barro says ought to make Sotomayor and Democrats think carefully about retirement. In June Sotomayor will turn […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the oldest Democrat-appointed justice on the court. It is starting to look like Democrats are ready to give her the heave-ho to give President Biden another shot at putting a Democrat on the Supreme Court. It sounds like Democrats are none too confident that their guy Joe will win re-election in […]
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday that she lives in frustration over rulings by the court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority. “I live in frustration. And as you heard, every loss truly traumatizes me in my stomach and in my heart. But I have to get up the next morning and keep on […]
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