U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right. In an appearance at the University of Califo…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right.

In an appearance at the University of California, Berkely School of Law, Sotomayor was asked how she copes with the consistently conservative rulings from the court.

“Every loss truly traumatizes me,” but “I get up the next morning,” she said in response to the question, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The crowd — about 1,300 students — applauded.

In her remarks, she criticized her “originalist colleagues” whom she said have come up with “new ways to interpret the Constitution,” changing rulings “that some of us believed were well established,” the Chronicle reported.

The 6-3 conservative court has had an eventful couple of terms, making its mark on some of the most consequential aspects of everyday life — from overturning the federal right to an abortion to ruling affirmative action in colleges unconstitutional.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    432·
    11 months ago

    Not like she can do anything either. If she steps down now, Biden replaces her, demographics of the court stay the same.

    All she can do is hang on until Thomas and Alito are replaced and hope that happens under a Democratic President

    That will flip the court from 6-3 conservative to 5-4 liberal, but then the problem is the next 3 oldest justices are Sotomayor, Roberts and Kagen.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      174·
      11 months ago

      She’s a 69 year old type 1 diabetic…

      You know what the average lifespan for a type 1 diabetic woman is?

      68 years old…

      She should have stepped down immediately and let Biden replace her. Instead if Biden keeps fucking up, trump could very likely get another.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          92·
          11 months ago

          True.

          But stress is something that needs to be avoided to help increase lifespan with type 1 diabetes.

          And she’s not shy about how she’s doing

          https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/sotomayor-says-surprised-by-supreme-court-pace-tougher-workload

          Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she’s “tired” and “working harder than I ever had” due to the Supreme Court’s big cases, growing emergency calendar, and briefs from outside groups.

          “And to be almost 70 years old, this isn’t what I expected,” Sotomayor said Monday during an appearance at the University of California, Berkeley’s law school. “But it is still work that is all consuming and I understand the impact the court has on people and on the country, and sometimes the world. And so it is what keeps me going.”

          Just like RBG, she’s taking it personal and thinking only her can “fight the good fight”.

          She’s great and all, but we can find someone 30 years younger with a much lower risk of dying while Republicans have power.

          This is bigger than any one person.

      • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        63·
        11 months ago

        If she were more worried about the country than her own position she would have stepped down. And yes I know this throws shade on RBG. I’m still fucking angry she didn’t step down before it was too late. It’s not like she didn’t have plenty of warning. I judge the justices by their actions and it seems they don’t give enough of a shit. And now the rest of us pay the price.