The Federalist
By Shawn Fleetwood
Did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor forget that it’s generally frowned upon for judges to display their political partisanship? It’s a question worth asking given that the Obama appointee appeared to do just that in her recent public remarks.
On Thursday night, Sotomayor attended an event hosted by the notoriously left-wing American Bar Association (ABA), in which she seemingly made an indirect reference to President Trump and conservatives’ criticisms of the ongoing judicial coup among lower court judges who are stymieing the administration’s agenda via overreaching injunctions. As The Federalist’s Joy Pullmann previously reported, the ABA routinely “advocates for and engages in unlawful racial and sexual discrimination and is a highly partisan actor on behalf of the Democrat Party and other anti-Constitution activists.”
In an apparent rebuke to the judiciary’s critics, Sotomayor reportedly characterized her attendance at the event as an “act of solidarity” with the legal profession. The associate justice more outwardly abandoned impartiality by encouraging attendees to “stand up and be heard.”
“In all of the uncertainty that exists at this moment, this is our time to stand up and be heard,” Sotomayor said. “Right now we can’t lose the battles we are facing.”
“If you’re not used to fighting losing battles, don’t become a lawyer. … Our job is to stand for people who can’t do it themselves,” she added…
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