Category: Sonia Sotomayor

Supreme Court Justices Deny Reports of Friction Over Masks: ‘We Are Warm Colleagues’

Supreme Court justices on Wednesday weighed in after reports alleged the reason Justice Sonia Sotomayor is participating in arguments from her chambers as opposed to sitting with colleagues is due to Justice Neil Gorsuch’s refusal to wear a mask. “Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While…


Supreme Court Issues Rare Statement on Reports of Tension Over Masks

The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed in after a report alleged the reason Justice Sonia Sotomayor is participating in arguments from her chambers as opposed to sitting with colleagues is due to Justice Neil Gorsuch’s refusal to wear a mask. “Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false….


Why Is the Human Being Not Like a Machine?

Commentary In defense of regulatory mandates during oral arguments, the following words were spoken by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: “Why is a human being not like a machine if it’s spewing a virus?” For her, it is a simple matter: regulatory impositions rule the machine world so why not the human one too? The…


At Minimum, Sotomayor Should Recuse Herself from All Decisions Regarding COVID

Commentary Sonia Sotomayor’s ludicrous claim before her Supreme Court peers during oral arguments that one hundred thousand children were “in serious condition” from COVID-19 when three thousand would have been more accurate, is far more than just an embarrassment to the justice. How could such an ill-informed person be a justice of our highest court? …


Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor ‘Fact-Checked’ Over False COVID-19 Claim

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor inaccurately claimed “over 100,000 children” are “in serious condition” because of COVID-19, sparking a rare fact-check of the Obama-appointed judge as some accused her of spreading misinformation. Sotomayor made the remarks on Jan. 7 while hearing lawsuits that were filed against the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate that would force…


Sonia Sotomayor Exposes the Lie of an ‘Apolitical’ Supreme Court

Commentary The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term this week, which means all eyes have again returned to the justices’ marble palace at 1 First Street, N.E. This Court term, unlike the last one, promises to be a blockbuster: The hot-button issues of abortion, gun rights, and potentially affirmative action will all be on…