{"id":2252545,"date":"2024-05-24T22:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T02:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-says-she-has-been-driven-to-tears-by-some-supreme-court-decisions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T02:13:20","slug":"sotomayor-says-she-has-been-driven-to-tears-by-some-supreme-court-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-says-she-has-been-driven-to-tears-by-some-supreme-court-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotomayor admits certain Supreme Court rulings bring her to tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsotomayor-says-she-has-been-driven-to-tears-by-some-supreme-court-decisions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2252545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content includes a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button, followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-officers-seize-stash-of-22-weapons-magazines-and-ammunition-from-car-trying-to-cross-border\/\" title=\"Customs and Border Protection officers confiscate 22 weapons, magazines, and ammunition from vehicle attempting to cross the border\">horizontal line separator<\/a> and additional information tagged under &#8220;Supreme\u200d Court.&#8221; \u200cThe data seems to be organized for further reading \u200cor exploration by clicking the provided links. The content comprises a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button,\u2062 a horizontal line separator, and further details related to the &#8220;Supreme Court.&#8221; The layout suggests that the data \u200cis structured for readers to delve deeper by clicking \u200don the provided links for additional information.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sonia-sotomayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sonia Sotomayor<\/a> told a crowd at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harvard<\/a> University on Friday that she cries after some of the majority-conservative court\u2019s decisions. <\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s one of three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-hears-arguments-in-major-second-amendment-case\/\" title=\"SCOTUS hears arguments in major Second Amendment case\">justices considered<\/a> left-leaning on the court, which features six other justices considered right-leaning. Chief Justice John Roberts is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2019\/06\/01\/supreme-court-justices-ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>thought<\/a> to be the most centrist of the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are days that I\u2019ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried,\u201d Sotomayor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been those days. And there are likely to be more,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments come just as conservative justices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2024\/05\/court-rules-for-south-carolina-republicans-in-dispute-over-congressional-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>threw out<\/a> a ruling that declared a congressional district in South Carolina was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are moments when I\u2019m deeply, deeply sad,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation. We all do. But you have to own it, you have to accept it, you have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court grew more conservative with Justice Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s appointment in 2020, but President Joe Biden added a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-justice-designate-ketanji-brown-jackson-claps-after-new-zealand-prime-minister-talks-about-her-nations-assault-weapon-ban\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Justice-Designate Ketanji Brown Jackson Claps After New Zealand Prime Minister Talks About Her Nation\u2019s Assault Weapon Ban\">left-leaning member<\/a> with Kentanji Brown-Jackson in 2022 after Justice Stephen Breyer\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama appointed Sotomayor in 2009 after former Justice David Souter retired. With her appointment, she became the third woman and first Hispanic to join the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a speech at Harvard University, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed her emotional response to certain decisions made by the conservative-majority court. Of the nine justices, she, along with two others, lean left, contrasting with the six right-leaning members. 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