Justice Sonya Sotomayor

[lefthandedskyhook]

This honorable person has been driven to tears by her own colleagues. Give her a cheer!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. And yet enjoys hanging out with them! Who knew??

[erronis]

2. I'm sending her a huge cheer.

It's got to be excruciating to serve with some absolutely paid-for justices.

I can understand wanting to stay on board just in case this ship can be re-righted ---- whoops, it is already too right. Perhaps the metaphor should be restored/recentered.

[brooklynite]

3. Context?

[onenote]

4. CNN and others:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/24/politics/sotomayor-crying-supreme-court-decisions/index.html

[Tetrachloride]

5. Salute

[rwild1967]

6. And yet she still voted for Citizens United.

There are no untainted justices.

The building needs a flush handle.

[markodochartaigh]

7. I think that it was a 5-4 decision

with Justice Sotomayor in the minority.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission/

[soldierant]

8. Actually, she, along with Ginsburg, Breyer, and Stevens, voted against the msjority decision.

If you are looking for someone to blame, "Kennedy might be a better place to look.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC#:~:text=At%20the%20conference%20among%20the,.%2C%20a%20similar%202007%20case.

[FHRRK]

9. I can explain it to you .....

Welcome to DU! Facts matter here.

[Hekate]

10. I'll give her a cheer. I admire her tremendously.

As always it’s a bit sad to see people speak without mercy.

[summer_in_TX]

11. I wonder if Sotomayor is trying to tell us something, beyond her own distress.

Maybe she is preparing us for some decisions that are especially horrible for democracy.

I admire her a lot. I hope and pray that she can endure this painful time.

[electric_blue68]

12. Stay Strong, Justice Sotomayer, We Appreciate you!

[czarjak]

13. Striving for a more perfect union.

Are we there, yet? Of course not. It's about to be the 60th Anniversary of The Civil Rights Act. The one that tipped poor Southern Democrats towards Conservative Republicanism. All because of racism that John Roberts says is dead. Square that circle please.