Sotomayor says she hopes Supreme Court will overturn presidential immunity decision
Sotomayor said she hopes the court overturns the immunity ruling and warned lawmakers may need to restore eroded legal norms.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she hopes the Supreme Court will overturn its 2024 ruling on presidential immunity, criticizing the decision as one of the "crazy things that it's done," Politico reported Saturday.
- The 2024 decision held that President Donald Trump could not be prosecuted for many acts tied to his official duties, a ruling Sotomayor and the court's two other liberal justices formally dissented from.
- Addressing an audience at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, Sotomayor described the nation as experiencing a "rough patch," noting "systemic changes in my court's jurisprudence."
- Sotomayor described the recent "outpouring of voters" as an encouraging sign, noting turnout near 49 percent and stating, "I don't think we will fail as a democracy."
- Suggesting lawmakers may need to intervene to restore eroded norms, Sotomayor voiced confidence the country will recover, saying "I genuinely believe it will happen" even beyond her lifetime.
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Sotomayor hopes Supreme Court will ‘take back’ presidential immunity ruling
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said there are several decisions from which she dissented, including the decision on presidential immunity, that she hopes the Supreme Court overturns in her lifetime. “I dissent a lot,” Sotomayor said during an event at the George Washington Presidential Library. “I’m hoping that the court will take back some of […]
'Crazy things': Sotomayor hopes Supreme Court will reverse some of its rulings
WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Nov. 7 said she hopes the court will reverse some of the "crazy things" it's done, including the blockbuster 2024 decision that presidents have immunity for their official actions.
Sotomayor says she hopes Supreme Court will overturn presidential immunity decision
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Saturday that she hopes the court's decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity will be overturned, saying her colleagues have done some "crazy things." Appearing for a civics education talk at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, the liberal justice also publicly commented for the first time on this week's midterm contests, when Democrats swept control of both chambers of Congres…
Supreme Court justice sounds the alarm on ‘crazy’ rulings from her own bench: report
A Supreme Court justice offered a blunt assessment of her own court's recent work this weekend, and she suggested she wasn't kidding.Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she hopes the high court will "take back some of the crazy things that it's done," Politico reported Saturday. The Obama appointee quickly added that she was only joking before reversing herself with "maybe not."She made the remarks during an hourlong appearance at George Washington's M…
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