U.S. Supreme Court justices are supposed to issue their decisions based on the Constitution, and not politics.
But that’s not to say politicians never influence the court, or at least try to.
Remember when Sen. Chuck Schumer threatened two justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, while they were considering an case?.
He warned them, “I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
That was under a majority of relatively conservative, and not “progressive” or “woke” justices.
That ratio remains the same, but now, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, feeling the power that her Democrat party is heading toward with coming majorities in Congress, is demanding that her opinion, the minority opinion, be made the law.
According to a commentary from constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, she cited the “outpouring” of votes during the midterms, and said she now wants some rulings with which she disagreed changed.
Her colleagues, she said, did some “crazy” things, which of course she would have directed to a different result given her way.
“There have been some systemic changes in my court’s jurisprudence in many areas of law. We’ll settle down, too. Not quite sure when. But we will. And a new order will be established that people will begin to understand.”
Her “new order” apparently, means minority control to her.
After describing her colleagues as writing some “crazy things,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor declared that she hoped to see the reversal of various conservative opinions, starting with the presidential immunity decision in Trump v. United States. https://t.co/XRDYWs626V
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) November 9, 2026
A SITTING SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JUST SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD. Sonia Sotomayor at Mount Vernon: “I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it’s done. I’m only joking, maybe not.” Then: “The immunity case is one of them.” Four days after Democrats took Congress. Justices call balls and strikes. They don’t campaign for a rematch.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 9, 2026
BREAKING: Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams her own court for its “crazy” rulings and calls for Trump’s immunity decision to be overturned Justice Sonia Sotomayor just took a sledgehammer to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, and she did it in public. https://t.co/yfApWcWAbu
— WWCNN (@theusastartup) November 9, 2026
She was speaking specifically about a presidential immunity decision in Trump v. United States, which attributes to presidents at least presumptive immunity for their official acts.
At the time the ruling was released, she complained that it made President Donald Trump a “king above the law.”
Actually, it provided guidelines for a president to fight the lawfare schemes assembled by his political opponents, which was happening at the time.
She said immunity is not the only minority opinion she wants to have enforced.
“I dissent a lot. I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it’s done. I’m only joking — maybe not…No, seriously, You know, I’ve spoken openly about this, there’s some opinions that I hope in my lifetime will get overturned. The immunity case is one of them,” she complained.
The Hill reported she complained about the bias against wokeness she perceives, confirming it will take “some hard work” for the country to return to an “even keel.”
That immunity ruling actually gave a president no immunity for unofficial acts, but that clearly is not a sufficient weapon for Sotomayor’s desired lawfare against a president.
She was appointed to Barack Obama, whose time in office was intended to “fundamentally change” the country.
