Sonia Sotomayor actually said...

We will lose our democracy if people, particularly young people, don’t make it their responsibility to be literate about the basis for your ...

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.

You cannot depend upon what people are telling you.