Sonia Sotomayor Wildly Out Of Touch With Trump’s America – Above the Law

The
rule
of
law,
and
the
judges
who
uphold
it,
is
under
attack
by
the
current
Trump
administration.
Executive
orders
with
dubious
constitutional
backing
are
flying
from
the
Donald’s
pen,
and
there’s
a
certified
avalanche
of
litigation
trying
to
limit
the
executive’s
power
grab.
And
the
federal
bench
has,
thus
far,
responded
admirably.

Judge
after

judge
—
even
those

appointed
by
Republicans
—
are
holding

the
constitutional
line
and
blocking,
or

at
least
pausing,
the

maneuvering.

But
the
right

doesn’t
like
that
—
like,
at
all.
And
there’s
been

a
wave
of
attacks,
mercifully
rhetorical,
against
judges
and
the
legal
system.
It’s
led

some
to
wonder
—
and
fear
—
what
exactly
will
happen
if
the
Trump
administration
pulls
a
Bartleby
the
Scrivener
and
just…
prefers
not
to
follow
a
court
order.

That
(increasingly
likely)
scenario
is
not
super
concerning
to
one
person
—
Supreme
Court
Justice
Sonia
Sotomayor.
As

reported
by
HuffPost,
at
an
event
at
Miami
Dade
College,
Sotomayor
expressed
trust
in
the
system
that
honestly
feels
unearned
in
the
year
of
our
lord
2025:

“Court
decisions
stand,
whether
one
particular
person
chooses
to
abide
by
them
or
not,
it
doesn’t
change
the
foundation
that
it’s
still
a
court
order
that
someone
will
respect
at
some
point,”
she
said.
“That’s
the
faith
I
have
in
our
system.”

Sotomayor
has
more
faith
in
the
court
system
than
Taylor
Swift
has
in
*that*
bodysuit.

She
continued,
noting,
“We’ve
had
moments
where
it’s
been
tested,
but
by
and
large
we
have
been
a
country
who
has
understood
that
the
rule
of
law
has
helped
us
maintain
our
democracy,”
she
said.
“But
it’s
also
because
the
court
has
proceeded
cautiously.”

Methinks
our
country
is
already
in
the
midst
of
another
big
test,
and
we’re
not
at
all
prepared
for
it.

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Senior
Editor
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