Sotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case
Sotomayor hits presidential immunity decision in first public comments since new Trump admin
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday doubled down on her opposition to last summer’s presidential immunity decision and expressed concern about public confidence in the high court. In her first public remarks since President Trump took office about two weeks ago,
Presumptive immunity would entail immunity from criminal ... None of that stopped the dissent, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, from glossing over what the Court actually did.
Sotomayor, nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009, wrote a scathing dissent of the high court's July 1 opinion granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution. The 525-page application ...
Sotomayor said the decision “makes a mockery ... called the breadth of immunity granted to Trump “incredibly broad” and “deeply disturbing.” “Almost anything that a president does ...
There have been more than a few dissents for the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, including the end of affirmative ...
The Brandeis School of Law honored Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor with the Brandeis Medal Wednesday evening.
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