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Sonia Sotomayor

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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.

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Jul 2, 2025

No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.

motherjones.com
Jul 2, 2025

The Court’s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution.

motherjones.com
Jul 2, 2025

The damage to America’s public education system will be profound.

motherjones.com
Jul 1, 2025

Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from law-abiding citizens or prevent people of certain faiths from gathering to worship.

msnbc.com
Jun 30, 2025

In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor masterfully exposed Alito’s extralegal interpretive maneuvers.

slate.com
Jun 30, 2025

We, as a Nation and a court of law, should be better than this.

msnbc.com
Jun 30, 2025

would be well advised to file promptly class-action suits and to request temporary injunctive relief for the putative class pending class certification.

msnbc.com
Jun 30, 2025

Books expressing implicit support for patriotism, women’s rights, interfaith marriage, consumption of meat, immodest dress, and countless other topics may conflict with sincerely held religious beliefs.

slate.com
Jun 30, 2025

This Court endorses the radical proposition that the President is harmed, irreparably, whenever he cannot do something he wants to do, even if what he wants to do is break the law.

truthout.org
Jun 30, 2025

By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.

newsweek.com
Jun 30, 2025

I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s equitable discretion.

msnbc.com
Jun 30, 2025

No matter how illegal a law or policy, courts can never simply tell the executive to stop enforcing it against anyone.

thehill.com

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