Justice Sonia Sotomayor and dissenting judges took strong issue with the conservative majority’s 6-to-3 ruling against ...

“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent of the court's ruling allowing for people to be deported to "potentially ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor read her dissent aloud from the bench on Wednesday to stress her forceful disagreement with the court greenlighting gender-affirming care bans across the country.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 31-page dissent, arguing that the judiciary had long played a role in shielding individuals from discrimination. Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times ...

First Hispanic US Supreme Court justice. Third female justice in US Supreme Court history. First Hispanic person to be appointed to the federal bench in New York. Sotomayor’s parents moved from ...

July 13, 2009 – Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee begin. July 28, 2009 – The Senate Judiciary Committee approves the nomination of Sotomayor.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor read her dissent from the bench, criticizing the majority for deciding to uphold a Tennessee law banning certain medical care for minors who identify as transgender.

WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the court’s three liberals, wrote a scathing dissent criticizing her conservative colleagues’ decision to uphold a state ban on some medical ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court countered "decades" of legal precedent in its decision to uphold a Tennessee law banning certain medical treatments for transgender youth. The Court ...

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, another member of the court’s liberal wing, and Neil Gorsuch, an appointee of President Donald Trump, each reported six-figure totals for 2024 for books they’ve authored.