{"id":2592482,"date":"2026-04-19T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-justice-sotomayor-apologizes-after-making-disgusting-unprovoked-statement-about-brett-kavanaugh\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:45:56","slug":"liberal-justice-sotomayor-apologizes-after-making-disgusting-unprovoked-statement-about-brett-kavanaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-justice-sotomayor-apologizes-after-making-disgusting-unprovoked-statement-about-brett-kavanaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Justice Sotomayor Apologizes After Making Disgusting, Unprovoked Statement About Brett Kavanaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fliberal-justice-sotomayor-apologizes-after-making-disgusting-unprovoked-statement-about-brett-kavanaugh%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=2592482&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>Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologized for remarks about Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s upbringing, saying her comments at a University of Kansas Law School event were inappropriate and that she regrets any hurt caused to her colleague, with the apology issued through the supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>She had previously criticized a fellow justice in a seperate remark, without naming them, referencing Kavanaugh\u2019s concurrence in a case about immigration enforcement and noting a disconnect from hourly workers.<\/p>\n<p>The backstory centers on a September Supreme Court emergency decision that allowed the Trump governance to resume immigration enforcement sweeps in the Los Angeles area after lower-court limits were lifted, a ruling in which Kavanaugh joined the conservative majority and Sotomayor dissented.<\/p>\n<p>This occurred as the trump administration sought to block a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lower-court order limiting immigration officers<\/a> from considering factors like race, location, type of work, or language during stops, arguing against judicial micromanagement of immigration enforcement.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an unusual apology Wednesday after she acknowledged making critical remarks about the upbringing of her conservative colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/justice-sonia-sotomayor-apologizes-brett-kavanaugh-hurtful-remarks-rcna332066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> through the Supreme Court in which she said that she made inappropriate comments at the University of Kansas School of Law and expressed regret for her remarks. Sotomayor criticized an opinion Kavanaugh wrote last year involving a decision that allowed the Trump administration to conduct broad immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law, I referred to a disagreement with one of my colleagues in a prior case, but I made remarks that were inappropriate,&rdquo; Sotomayor said in a statement issued by the court. &ldquo;I regret my hurtful comments. I have apologized to my colleague.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Without mentioning names, Sotomayor criticized a fellow Supreme Court justice on Tuesday. She referred to a separate opinion in the case and said the reasoning reflected a disconnect from hourly workers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had a colleague in that case who wrote, &lsquo;You know, these are only temporary stops,&rsquo;&rdquo; Sotomayor said, referencing a concurrence <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/delaware-brief\/sotomayor-faults-kavanaugh-over-immigration-stops-concurrence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">written<\/a> by Kavanaugh. &ldquo;This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn&rsquo;t really know any person who works by the hour.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor was referring to a Supreme Court emergency decision in September that allowed the Trump administration to resume immigration enforcement sweeps in the Los Angeles area after lower court limits were lifted. In that ruling, Kavanaugh joined the court&rsquo;s conservative majority in the case, while Sotomayor dissented. The Supreme Court currently holds a 6&ndash;3 conservative majority.<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows the Trump administration&rsquo;s August request asking the Supreme Court to block a lower court order&nbsp;that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-notches-two-court-wins-for-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago-but-awaits-troop-deployment-ruling\/\" title=\"Trump notches two ... wins for ... in Chicago but awaits troop deployment ruling\">limited immigration officers<\/a> from considering factors like race, location, type of work, or speaking Spanish when making stops. 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In a statement released by the Supreme Court, she said her comments at the University of Kansas School of Law were inappropriate, and she expressed regret and apologized to him.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Sotomayor criticized a colleague\u2019s concurrence in a separate opinion, saying its reasoning reflected a disconnect from workers who are paid by the hour. She referenced a line from Kavanaugh\u2019s concurrence-\u201cthese are only temporary stops\u201d-and noted that the author comes from a professional family, implying he might not understand the experiences of hourly workers.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come in the context of a September Supreme Court emergency decision that allowed the Trump administration to resume immigration enforcement sweeps in the Los Angeles area after lower court limits were lifted. In that ruling, Kavanaugh joined the court\u2019s conservative majority, while Sotomayor dissented. The Court\u2019s current composition is a 6-3 conservative majority. The decision followed the administration\u2019s August request for the Court to block a lower court order that restricted immigration officers from considering factors such as race, location, work type, or language when making stops, with the administration arguing that the judiciary should not micromanage immigration enforcement in areas with large undocumented populations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2592483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-16T094933.195.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5447,9068,11029],"class_list":["post-2592482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-apology","tag-kavanaugh","tag-sotomayor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-16T094933.195.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592486,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592482\/revisions\/2592486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2592483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}