Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor just couldn’t help herself. Without even saying his name, she took a thinly veiled swipe at President Trump Thursday night during a speech at an American Bar Association event in Washington, D.C. Because nothing says “judicial impartiality” like a Supreme Court justice using her platform to stir up political resistance.
Sotomayor, the liberal darling of the bench, told a room full of sympathetic lawyers that it’s time to “stand up for people who can’t do it themselves” and “be the champion of lost causes.” Now, if that sounds like harmless virtue-signaling, think again. She then made it crystal clear what she was really talking about: “Right now, we can’t lose the battles we are facing. And we need trained and passionate and committed lawyers to fight this fight.”
Fight what exactly? Well, according to the Associated Press, she was referencing President Trump’s executive actions that cut off federal contracts and sweetheart deals for the high-powered, politically entrenched law firms—the ones that practically operate as the Deep State’s legal team. You know, the same firms that try to kneecap conservative administrations in court, only to cry “rule of law” when their gravy train gets cut off.
So yes, Sotomayor was taking a shot at Trump, and she didn’t even have to say it. Her dog whistle was loud enough for the Left to hear it in California.
Her remarks come conveniently just one day after Chief Justice John Roberts once again put on his “Defender of the Rogue Judiciary” cape and rebuked Trump during a fireside chat. That makes twice in the past few months that Roberts has taken it upon himself to act more like an MSNBC panelist than the Chief Justice of the United States. This time, he scolded Trump for suggesting judges who ignore the Constitution should be impeached.
Apparently, holding judges accountable for legislating from the bench is now considered an “attack” on judicial independence. Sorry, but when federal judges act like unelected lawmakers, maybe it’s time to remind them who they work for.
The truth is, the Supreme Court was never supposed to be a partisan shield for one political party. But these public temper tantrums from Roberts and Sotomayor show us exactly where they stand. The judiciary isn’t under attack—they just don’t like being challenged.
And maybe that’s the real problem.
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