Sonia Sotomayor actually said...

The issue was whether or not employees who were a member of a disparately impacted group had a right under existing precedent to bring a lawsuit.

Sotomayor explained the legal basis for the Ricci case regarding employee rights.

05/07/2009

More Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

In every case I approach, I start from that working proposition and apply the law to the facts before it.

Never.

That commitment I can make and have made for 17 years.

Chevron speaks to agency action or interpretation, but ultimately the task of a court is to give deference to what Congress wants.