Sotomayor sees 'unprecedented' threat to SCOTUS

Justice Sonia Sotomayor warns that intensifying partisanship around the Supreme Court confirmation process has pushed the court's independence to the brink of crisis.

[taubevictor]

Cause they are not in the majority..."

[climatefascism]

Diversity hire always and every where complain.

[mineown]

Could ? Reckon that has ship sailed over the horizon by now.

[michaelhimes]

Sotomayor’s need to “weigh in” now (while silent on the last three SCOTUS nominations) is not politically neutral. She is doing the very thing she is warning us not to do.

[pensiveintrovert]

It is as grave as kids with covid on ventilators.

[deiselprime]

When a justice is of the supreme court justice they are there on the bench for life... End of subject

[trainliker]

I can't find where Justice Sotomayor spoke up about this during the extreme partisanship of the democratic party regarding nominees Neil Gorsuch (54-45 vote), Brett Kavanaugh (50-48 vote), and Amy Coney-Barrett (52-48 vote). And an interesting reference point is that Ruth Bader Ginsberg was confirmed 96-3. What you are seeing here is a Supreme Court Justice being completely political and obviously injecting herself into the political discourse. And THAT is exactly the sort of justice we should not want on the Supreme Court.

[quartytypo]

Biden 2nd term must abolish the Supremes. He can do a better job of interpreting the Constitution.

[WilliamDuboseIII-fcdm]

Dear SCOTUS…
Honorable US Senator (UT) Mitt Romney; and All of Us in Southern California and Arizona. Araceli Yolanda Diaz Dubose has an issue with the Senator! SOS!

[Michael]

It was never merit based. Look at affirmative action and Sotomayor

[Mad_Props_Gestapo]

Remind me to take everything from the most factually out-of-touch justice ever with a grain of salt.

[brianthomas]

Supreme Court injustices should only be heard after a case is finished and even then they should stfu

[jessetorres]

I still feel that if we have a 2 & 1/2 term limit (or 10 year maximum) for the Presidency and a majority of Governors have term limits, we should have term limits for all members of the House (I say 10, 2 year terms), Senate (3, 6 year terms), and Judicial Branch (at most 20 years). I feel this is the only way to ensure we prevent complicity in our government by constantly changing it!

[richardsaunders]

A little late SCOTUS credibly was lost a long time ago

[jasonb]

She means don't go playing pack the court and modifying the base system.

[AA-pfdh]

It’s past time to Eliminate the Electoral College! One Person One Vote!
It’s also past time for enacting Term Limits for any and all government officials or employees.
No More Lobbyists!
No more Forever Free Rides!

[Dan]

Expand the Court of the United States now

[isbeltv]

For those mischaracterizing her point or intent, Justice Sotomayor is considered a centrist with with liberal inclinations. That said, she is known to be very close with her conservative Justices (Justice Gorsuch & Kavanaugh, in particular). I think she is speaking on their behalf after seeing what they went through & getting to know them. Justices may have legal disagreements. That is their job but — overall — they remain a reminder of a time in America where you could disagree politically & still love your colleague because they loved the country as much as you did (I.e- President Ronald Reagan & Speaker ‘Tip’ O’Neill: Political adversaries & bickered frequently and yet, they were known to have a deep respect for each other & enjoy each other’s company).

[georl]

In my opinion, I think the US Supreme Court should always have an equal amount of Justices from both sides of the Isle. And I think that number should be 12 Justices. Six of them Republicans and the pother six Democrats or Independents leaning to one side or the other. When cases come up, Either the Vice President of the Secretary of State should pull the names of 9 Justices at random. Therefore none of the Justices would know if they would preside over a case until their names are called. You could have a majority of Democratic leaning Justices or you could have a majority of Republican leaning Justices, but it would never be the same majority all the time. To me, that’s the only way the Supreme Court could successfully proceed. Just my opinion.

[booqueefious]

Yeah, don't have such an "open mind" that your brain falls out