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Justice Sotomayor pens majority SCOTUS opinion saying Arizona can’t ignore federal law as Justice Barrett fiercely dissents

Colin KalmbacherFeb 22nd
Biden Admin Warns SCOTUS That Upholding ‘Incredibly Destabilizing’ Injunction Against DHS Would ‘Absolutely Scramble’ Immigration Enforcement

Colin KalmbacherNov 29th
‘That’s Not How It Works’: Justices Jackson, Gorsuch and Sotomayor Grill Government Attorney Arguing in Favor of Broad Wire Fraud Theory

Colin KalmbacherNov 28th
Sotomayor and Jackson Dissent in Denial of Convicted Sex Trafficker’s Appeal: A ‘Most Egregious’ Case of ‘Prosecutorial Misconduct’

Elura NanosNov 7th
SCOTUS Refuses to Reconsider ‘Insular Cases’ Which Advocated U.S. Colonialism over ‘Uncivilized’ and ‘Alien Races’

Colin KalmbacherOct 17th
Sotomayor, KBJ Dissent as SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Case Where Anti-Interracial Marriage Jurors Sentenced Black Man to Death in Murder of White Wife

Colin KalmbacherOct 11th
In Her Debut Oral Arguments, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Presses Conservative Attorney in Clean Water Act Case

Colin KalmbacherOct 3rd
SCOTUS Hands Praying High School Football Coach a Major Win Upending Longstanding Tests for Determining Government Endorsement of Religion

Colin KalmbacherJun 27th
Liberal Justices Dissent with ‘Sorrow,’ Question ‘Legitimacy’ of SCOTUS After Dobbs: Conservative Majority Doesn’t Respect Women as ‘Autonomous’ Beings

Colin KalmbacherJun 24th
Sotomayor Pens Lone Dissent as 8-1 Gorsuch Majority Opinion Allows State GOP Leaders to Defend N.C.’s Voter ID Law

Colin KalmbacherJun 23rd
Justice Sotomayor on Justice Thomas: ‘I Can Be Friends with Him and Still Continue Our Daily Battles’

Aaron KellerJun 17th
In Unanimous Opinion, Justice Sotomayor Upbraids Congress for Bankruptcy System that Left Debtors in 2 States Paying Much Lower Fees Than the Rest of the Country

Colin KalmbacherJun 6th
Calling Fifth Circuit ‘Too Extreme,’ SCOTUS Majority Led by Justice Sotomayor Deals Defeat to Digital Billboard Giants in Austin

Colin KalmbacherApr 21st
Justice Thomas Dunks on Due Process, Argues for Stronger Equal Protection as SCOTUS Says Puerto Rico Doesn’t Deserve Some Government Benefits

Aaron KellerApr 21st
In Unanimous Sentencing Enhancement Case, Justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor Suggest Federal Courts Should Go Easier on Criminal Defendants

Colin KalmbacherMar 7th
Justice Sotomayor Says ‘Core Constitutional Guarantee’ Was Denied in Case Where Defense Attorney Represented Two Different Sides in a Criminal Case

Colin KalmbacherFeb 28th
Justice Sotomayor Rubbishes Emergency Request of NYC Educators Who Are Fighting COVID Mandate Due to ‘Unorthodox Religious Beliefs’

Aaron KellerFeb 11th
Sotomayor Calls Texas Anti-Abortion Case ‘A Disaster for the Rule of Law,’ Accuses Fifth Circuit of ‘Egregious Distortion’ of Recent Supreme Court Decision

Aaron KellerJan 20th
Sotomayor Fears ‘Self-Induced Abortions,’ Says Texas ‘Heartbeat Act’ Reads Like Something From A ‘Virulent Defender of the Slaveholding South’

Elura NanosDec 10th
Justice Sotomayor Calls Out Fifth Circuit’s ‘Highly Questionable’ Reversal in Qualified Immunity Case of Man Kicked and Punched by Louisiana Cops

Colin KalmbacherDec 6th