Political Quotes

Editor's note · Context

Sotomayor reflects on her American life journey.

Share

More from Sonia Sotomayor

Jul 3, 2026

Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980 because it did not want this country to repeat the mistakes of its past.

newyorker.com
Jun 30, 2026

Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been acting in open defiance of the Constitution all this time.

huffpost.com
Jun 26, 2026

The consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die.

huffpost.com
Jun 26, 2026

This Court has previously recognized that immigration statutes and procedures should not be construed to ‘create a perverse incentive to enter at an unlawful rather than a lawful location. Yet, the majority’s construction does exactly that.

foxnews.com

Other voices in this conversation