Trump, Sotomayor and Supreme Court
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The former dean of Harvard Law School emerges as more likely than her liberal colleagues to make common cause with conservatives.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent on a case was so absurd that even fellow liberal Justice Sonya Sotomayor was forced to correct her.
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The New Republic on MSNSotomayor Warns No One Is Safe After Birthright Citizenship RulingLiberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor torched the Supreme Court for siding with Trump on birthright citizenship—and putting every civil right under attack.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor read lengthy dissents attacking the majority rulings on universal injunctions and religious rights in public schools.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemned the federal sentencing commission’s failure to resolve a circuit split and scolded Tennessee courts for their “untenable” approach to manslaughter jury instructions.
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The last day of the Supreme Court term was a tough one for the court’s liberal bloc, particularly Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who announced her dissent from the bench in two cases.
"If this Court wishes to permit the Government to flout the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Due Process Clause, it cannot avoid accountability for that lawlessness." The post 'The administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial': Sotomayor singles out Alito and hurls invective at SCOTUS colleagues in third-country deportation case dissent first appeared on Law & Crime.
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The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.