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Sonia Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful’ public comments about Brett Kavanaugh on immigration
Sotomayor said her earlier remarks were inappropriate after she criticized Kavanaugh’s concurrence in an emergency immigration case.
- On Wednesday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, stating her recent personal remarks regarding a prior case were inappropriate and unfair.
- Her statement followed comments made last week at the University of Kansas School of Law, where she criticized a concurring opinion regarding ICE immigration patrols in Southern California.
- Sotomayor previously suggested the justice lacked perspective on hourly workers, stating, "This is from a man whose parents were professionals," according to a Bloomberg report.
- Kavanaugh, who sided with President Donald Trump, wrote that factors like ethnicity and language could contribute to reasonable suspicion for brief immigration stops.
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Supreme Court justice apologizes to right-wing colleague after 'hurtful' remark
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized to one of her colleagues on Wednesday after she made what she described as "hurtful" comments about his family. Speaking at the University of Kansas School of Law last week, Sotomayor said Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh "probably doesn...
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