Sonia Sotomayor actually said...

In addition to being near instant, death by shooting may also be comparatively painless.

Justice Sotomayor argues for the firing squad as a potentially humane execution method.

12/31/2016

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I criticized the conservative-majority court for overturning long-standing precedents.

Court decisions stand, whether one particular person chooses to abide by them or not.

There have been exceptions, citing President Andrew Jackson's defiance of an 1832 Supreme Court ruling.

By and large, we have been a country who has understood that the rule of law has helped us maintain our democracy.