Justice Sonia Sotomayor: 'There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount'

CNN ^ | Sept 29, 2021 | Ariane de Vogue

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Days before the start of a tumultuous term, and after the Supreme Court justices divided bitterly over a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned an audience of law students about the frustration of having to write dissents.

"There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount," she said Wednesday at an event hosted by the American Bar Association. "Look at me, look at my dissents."....

"The Court's order is stunning," Sotomayor wrote at the time. "Presented with an application to join a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny, a majority of the Justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand."

Sotomayor added: "The Court should not be so content to ignore its constitutional obligations to protect not only the rights of women, but also the sanctity of its precedents and of the rule of law," she concluded.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

"but also the sanctity of its precedents and of the rule of law,"

IMHO using case law is what chips away at the Constitution. The foremost point of every SCOTUS opinion needs to cite the Constitution.

[john drake]

I’m still trying to understand where in the Constitution does it say a woman has a right to an abortion?

[hercuroc]

Truly a wise Latina. 🙄

[Psalm 73]

"I’m still trying to understand where in the Constitution does it say a woman has a right to an abortion?"

Right there in the emanating penumbras, John....

/sarc

[Sacajaweau]

The term abortion is a great term....the dictionary definition softens the blow...”the deliberate termination of a human life”. A better definition would be the “murder of an unborn human person.

[ronnie raygun]

“The Court should not be so content to ignore its constitutional obligations to protect not only the rights of women, but also the sanctity of its precedents and of the rule of law,” she concluded.
no mention of the sanctity of human life, this coming from a subhuman

[Old Yeller]

Since when is ki11ing your kid a “constitutional right”?

[Dusty Road]

I agree. A unconstitutional decision is not law.

[ConservativeInPA]

I hope she is really miserable in writing all those dissents. She deserves much worse for using the bench to murder innocent unborn babies.

[USCG SimTech]

How about instead of inflammatory platitudes impugning your EQUALS with prejudiced rhetoric, you instead present your argument to CONVINCE everyone your opinion is correct.

[Erik Latranyi]

Nowhere does this “Wise Latina” (implying that there are many unwise Latinas) ever discuss the question of “when does life begin?”

The most frequent argument is about women impregnated by rape.

This is such an easy one to debunk....first, pregnancy by rape is miniscule. Second, there is Plan B available over the counter. But even then, that unfortunate raped woman has 6 weeks to take action before any restrictions set in.

With crisis centers and hospitals fully organized to support women who have been raped, there is no excuse for a raped woman to wait more than 6 weeks to terminate the product of a crime.

[neverevergiveup]

IMHO using case law is what chips away at the Constitution.

I agree 100%. Case law can perpetuate bad as well as good decisions - AND can reflect the political biases of the decision makers at the time. It's interesting that the same people who want the Constitution to be thought of as a 'living and changeable document' also want case law to stand as gospel.

IMHO the legal system in the US is way more broken than the medical system has ever been.

[Nifster]

Nicely played

[unread]

Mean while, down at the union hall... "There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount," she said Wednesday at an event hosted by the American Bar Association."

The DC lawyers are in a real snit about the American people trying to recover just a small bit of constitutional sanity to OUR nation..

[FLT-bird]

Hang in there 3 more years Wide Latina! You need to not croak before Trump’s 2nd term so he can replace you instead of resident Biden.

[laweeks]

A horribly under qualified, so called Supreme Court nominee. Absolutely worthless.

[BiglyCommentary]

ME LIKE!! If she thinks a lot of her ilk will be disappointed in the new term’s decisions, that seems like a very positive thing.

[knarf]

" Right there in the emanating penumbras. "

An absolutely brilliant comment, Psalm 73

[Fester Chugabrew]

The Constitution is chock full of penumbral emanences wherefrom we make it a living, breathing document to fit the times and our individual feelings.

[Gay State Conservative]

We’ve been warned:
1st Amendment==>kaput
2nd Amendment==>kaput
4th Amendment==>kaput