Sonia Sotomayor
The Public Record
Sonia Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, having been nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009. She is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Court. Sotomayor previously served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as a district court judge for the Southern District of New York. Her judicial philosophy often emphasizes the importance of empathy and the impact of the law on the lives of individuals, particularly marginalized communities.
It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.
Court decisions stand whether one particular person chooses to abide by them or not.
I criticized the conservative-majority court for overturning long-standing precedents.
There have been exceptions, citing President Andrew Jackson's defiance of an 1832 Supreme Court ruling.
Our founders were hellbent on ensuring that we didn’t have a monarchy and the first way they thought of that was to give Congress the power of the purse.
News literacy is the obligation of all of us to become more knowledgeable to get accurate information.
Court decisions stand, whether one particular person chooses to abide by them or not.
But it's also because the court has proceeded cautiously, and has proceeded understanding that it has to proceed slowly.
By and large, we have been a country who has understood that the rule of law has helped us maintain our democracy.
The court effectively creates a law-free zone around the president, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the founding.





