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Sonia Sotomayor: “Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention it…”

On the recordJune 23, 2025
Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention it plainly requires, this court now intervenes to grant the government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York
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cnn.com
Jun 23, 2025

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Sotomayor criticized the Supreme Court's decision to intervene in deportation cases.

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