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Not even AOC is calling for Sonia Sotomayor to retire
Progressive House Democrats are dismissing calls for the 69-year-old justice's retirement. One call…
Bryan Metzger
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Sotomayor says the president can now 'assassinate a political rival' without facing prosecution
The liberal Supreme Court justice issued a blistering dissent to the conservative majority's ruling…
Bryan Metzger
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor says Supreme Court is 'entrenching racial inequality in education' by striking down affirmative action
In her dissent, Sotomayor argued that America remains a racially unequal society, arguing that cons…
Bryan Metzger
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Supreme Court staffer pressured public library to buy more of Sonia Sotomayor's books: '250 books is definitely not enough'
The taxpayer-funded staffer argued "people will be upset" if the library didn't order enough of Sot…
Bryan Metzger
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SCOTUS clerks crafting opinions this autumn will be overwhelmingly white and male
The newest SCOTUS clerk class is nearly 70% men, the least balanced in gender since 2017. And it ap…
Hanna Kang
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Biden digs his heels in while Trump secures another win
President Joe Biden shows no signs of giving up his reelection campaign while former President Dona…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Biden solemnly warns that the Supreme Court has fundamentally changed the country with its immunity ruling: 'May God help preserve our democracy'
President Joe Biden on Monday warned the Supreme Court's ruling granting presidents immunity for of…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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AOC wants to impeach SCOTUS justices following Trump immunity ruling
The congresswoman said the Supreme Court has become "consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its con…
Bryan Metzger
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Supreme Court hands Trump a huge victory in immunity case
It's now unclear whether Trump's January 6, 2021-related case will move to trial before Election Da…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Sotomayor dissents after SCOTUS underlines protections for LGBTQ+ people: 'a sad day in American constitutional law'
"The opinion of the Court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: 'Some services may be denied to…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Sonia Sotomayor says Clarence Thomas 'cares deeply about the Court' as some Democrats call for his resignation over his wife's push to overturn the 2020 election
Sotomayor defended Thomas the same day that a House Democrat demanded the "corrupt jurist who has p…
Bryan Metzger,Oma Seddiq
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Sotomayor says Supreme Court is opening the door to racial discrimination and sending 'the message that we live in a society with social castes'
The liberal Justice argued that the Court's decision means that someone could "refuse to create a w…
Bryan Metzger
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Alito says he's sure Congress wanted to ban a rapid-fire gun device, but sided with the ruling to overturn the ban anyway
The textualist and conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said there's "no doubt" Congress…
Paul Squire
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Beyoncé tickets and $2,000 photo albums: Supreme Court justices reveal the gifts they got
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson got four tickets to Beyoncé's "Renaissance World Tour" worth over $3,…
Geoff Weiss
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor warns that 'partisan' Supreme Court confirmations present an 'unprecedented' threat to the court's public perception
President Joe Biden is expected to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court by the end o…
Oma Seddiq
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasts Supreme Court's handling of Texas abortion case as a 'disaster for the rule of law and a grave disservice to women'
"The Court may look the other way, but I cannot," Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by liberal Ju…
Oma Seddiq
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Justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor say they're 'warm colleagues and friends' but don't deny reporting about Gorsuch's mask defiance
"While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends," they said in a…
Oma Seddiq,Brent D. Griffiths
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Neil Gorsuch defied a request from Chief Justice John Roberts to wear a mask out of respect for Sonia Sotomayor, a report says
Gorsuch's refusal to wear a mask led Sotomayor, who has diabetes, to attend oral arguments virtuall…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Sonia Sotomayor says Supreme Court justices are 'sorely missing' diverse experience and that leaders aren't 'paying enough attention'
Sotomayor said the Supreme Court justices lack experience in legal areas such as civil rights and i…
Oma Seddiq
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Sonia Sotomayor says Supreme Court changed arguments structure partly because female justices were interrupted
Before the system changed, Justice Sotomayor said she found a way to deal with the problem: "I inte…