Sotomayor lets loose on conservative Supreme Court with revealing wish: 'Crazy things'
As Republicans reel from their bruising midterm election losses, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is hoping some of the court's biggest conservative rulings will eventually be overturned.
Key points
- At one point, Sotomayor remarked that it would take "some hard work" for the United States to get back on an "even keel." SUPREME COURT JUSTICE KAGAN WARNS SOME CONSERVATIVE RULINGS HAVE BEEN 'DESTRUCTIVE OF OUR DEMOCRACY' "There have been some systemic changes in my court’s jurisprudence in many areas of law," she stated.
- I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it’s done.
- United States, the case in question, the court ruled that former presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within their core constitutional powers and at least presumptive immunity for other official acts.
And a new order will be established that people will begin to understand." Sotomayor specifically singled out the Supreme Court's 2024 landmark ruling on presidential immunity as something she would like to see revisited.
Additional details
- DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ACCUSES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF 'COMPLETELY' CHICKENING OUT ON SUPREME COURT REFORM In Trump v.
- TRUMP'S SUPREME COURT MAJORITY FACES LOOMING THREAT AFTER DEM SENATE TAKEOVER: 'STUCK' "I dissent a lot.
- The liberal justice singled out the court's landmark 2024 presidential immunity ruling, which shields presidents from criminal prosecution for actions taken within their core constitutional powers and provides presumptive protection for other official acts.
- Her colleagues, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, are both in their late 70s, raising questions about their potential retirements and whether a Democratic-controlled Senate could complicate Trump's efforts to replace them with fellow conservatives.
- The justices ruled that former presidents have no immunity from prosecution for unofficial conduct, leaving lower courts to distinguish between official acts protected by the decision and private conduct that remains subject to criminal prosecution.
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