Becoming a Supreme Court justice was a shock, Sotomayor says

LA Times ^ | June 20, 2014 | By TIMOTHY M. PHELPS

[Jim Robinson]

My mving to Washington and becoming a Supreme Court justice five years ago was shocking, “like somebody throwing cold water on me,” says Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

The transition from being a little known appeals court judge in her hometown of New York to being an easily recognized Washington personality was extremely difficult, Sotomayor said.

“People stop treating you like a person,” she said. “It’s hard for someone like me who really likes people and wants to have living room conversations that are not posted on Twitter.”

Her comments came in a wide-ranging and, for a Supreme Court justice, unusually candid conversation about her life during the annual convention of the American Constitution Society, a liberal lawyers group, Thursday evening...

[Yo-Yo]

Becoming a Supreme Court justice was a shock, Sotomayor says

The feeling's mutual.

[LostInBayport]

It was a Maalox moment for the rest of us, too, oh wise Latina.

[Responsibility2nd]

My mving to Washington and becoming a Supreme Court justice five years ago was shocking, “like somebody throwing cold water on me,” says Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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Thats not shocking. Now if she had been holding a live 220 volt wire AND then the cold water was thrown...

That would have been shocking.

[Viennacon]

Shocked us all. You weren’t fit for dog catcher. Wise latina my ass!

[HiTech RedNeck]

We agree, Sonia. We would not be cruel and ask you to keep on being shocked.

[DJ Frisat]

Funny, to the rest of us, it felt like being hit with a panful of used kitty litter...

[Alex Murphy]

As no information and no favors had been exchanged beforehand to signal the decision!

[Louis Foxwell]

A humble latino would have turned down the offer as inappropriate given her complete lack of qualification.

[amnestynone]

wait three years and then resign. President Cruz will be more than happy to appoint a replacement.

[Eddie01]

exaaaacly

[shove_it]

...American Constitution Society, a liberal lawyers group ...

Now there's a dichotomy for you.

[Mark17]

“like somebody throwing cold water on me,” says Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Yes, I kind of had a clammy, cold feeling too. If she had that feeling, she should do the honorable thing, and resign. Oh sorry. Silly me, I thought maybe there was some honor among those clowns. I should have known better. There isn't any honor at all. What a sick, foul smelling, putrefying mess these dip sticks have made. Can the damage the libtards have done ever be repaired?

[Cyman]

For both of us

[MasterGunner01]

Yes, it was a shock. Justice Sonia Sotomayor actually had to come into the office and do actual work. The fact she knows nothing about the law was a problem, but she's delegated her opinion writing to her staff (that's what staff is for). Otherwise, she's settled in to being the SCOTUS post turtle.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well yes it can be. But it would need to be as part of a concerted effort to get everything back into sane shape.

[pallis]

It’s still quite shocking.

[2001convSVT]

Becoming a Supreme Court justice was a shock, Sotomayor says

"The feeling's mutual."

Right you are. She is too partisan to be fair, and too left leaning to follow the Constitution. ... Shocking, just shocking.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It was a shock to all of us, Oh Wise Latina.

[fwdude]

I think she’s still shocked, permanently. Too shocked to think rationally.