Sotomayor Reveals Her ‘Frustration’ With SCOTUS, Says ‘Every Loss Truly Traumatizes’ Her
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is not being shy about her feelings of the court’s conservative majority and its rulings. During in remarks event at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law reported by…
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is not being shy about her feelings of the court’s conservative majority and its rulings.
During in remarks event at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law reported by CNN, Sotomayor said, “I live in frustration. And as you heard, every loss truly traumatizes me in my stomach and in my heart.”
“But I have to get up the next morning and keep on fighting,” she added.
Sotomayor is one of the three liberal justices in the minority of the 6-3 court.
When asked about people who feel discouraged by high court’s rulings, the justice said, “How can you look at those people and say that you’re entitled to despair? You’re not. I’m not.”
“Change never happens on its own. Change happens because people care about moving the arc of the universe toward justice, and it can take time and it can take frustration,” she continued.
CNN notes the event occurred “as the majority-conservative high court is poised to issue rulings on a number of contentious issues, including gun rights and the power of federal agencies.”