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Sotomayor says she feels ‘frustration’ daily as conservative justices move US to right (thehill.com)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right.

In an appearance at the University of California, Berkely School of Law, Sotomayor was asked how she copes with the consistently conservative rulings from the court.

“Every loss truly traumatizes me,” but “I get up the next morning,” she said in response to the question, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The crowd — about 1,300 students — applauded.

In her remarks, she criticized her “originalist colleagues” whom she said have come up with “new ways to interpret the Constitution,” changing rulings “that some of us believed were well established,” the Chronicle reported.

The 6-3 conservative court has had an eventful couple of terms, making its mark on some of the most consequential aspects of everyday life — from overturning the federal right to an abortion to ruling affirmative action in colleges unconstitutional.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

She's a 69 year old type 1 diabetic...

You know what the average lifespan for a type 1 diabetic woman is?

68 years old...

She should have stepped down immediately and let Biden replace her. Instead if Biden keeps fucking up, trump could very likely get another.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

She does have the very best healthcare in the country though...

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

True.

But stress is something that needs to be avoided to help increase lifespan with type 1 diabetes.

And she's not shy about how she's doing

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/sotomayor-says-surprised-by-supreme-court-pace-tougher-workload

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she’s “tired” and “working harder than I ever had” due to the Supreme Court’s big cases, growing emergency calendar, and briefs from outside groups.

“And to be almost 70 years old, this isn’t what I expected,” Sotomayor said Monday during an appearance at the University of California, Berkeley’s law school. “But it is still work that is all consuming and I understand the impact the court has on people and on the country, and sometimes the world. And so it is what keeps me going.”

Just like RBG, she's taking it personal and thinking only her can "fight the good fight".

She's great and all, but we can find someone 30 years younger with a much lower risk of dying while Republicans have power.

This is bigger than any one person.

[–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

No, they can't guarantee Sinema or Manchin so they don't for sure have 51 votes to confirm. If Sotomayor leaves before there's a guarantee she'll get replaced with someone else on the left, the consequences could be very bad.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If she were more worried about the country than her own position she would have stepped down. And yes I know this throws shade on RBG. I'm still fucking angry she didn't step down before it was too late. It's not like she didn't have plenty of warning. I judge the justices by their actions and it seems they don't give enough of a shit. And now the rest of us pay the price.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 months ago

With the benefit of hindsight, we know that even with Obama in office, the Republican Senate would have blocked a new appointment for RBGa seat after 2014. Perhaps it was naive of her to stay beyond the age of 80, but not many were calling for her to retire in 2014.

It really only became apparent how fucked the situation became when Merrick Garland's nomination was blocked in 2016 and then especially when Trump was elected. Looking back, we can predict when the optimal time to retire would have been, but in the moment, it wasn't so clear.