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Supreme Court Justice Apologizes for Criticizing Colleague’s Upbringing
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- Justice Sonia Sotomayor admitted to making inappropriate personal remarks regarding Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s background.
- The liberal justice suggested Kavanaugh could not understand hourly workers due to his professional upbringing.
- Sotomayor issued a formal expression of regret through the Supreme Court following her public comments at a law school.
Sonia Sotomayor issued a rare public apology on Wednesday after targeting the personal background of her conservative colleague.
The liberal justice acknowledged that her recent remarks regarding Justice Brett Kavanaugh were inappropriate and hurtful.
The controversy stems from Sotomayor’s appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law.
During her speech, she criticized a prior opinion Kavanaugh wrote regarding immigration enforcement, suggesting his upbringing blinded her to the realities of working-class Americans.
“At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law, I referred to a disagreement with one of my colleagues in a prior case, but I made remarks that were inappropriate,” Sotomayor said in a statement issued by the court.
“I regret my hurtful comments. I have apologized to my colleague.”
Sotomayor’s initial criticism focused on Kavanaugh’s concurrence in a case involving the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
She claimed his reasoning reflected a disconnect from people who work by the hour, highlighting the ideological rift on the high court.
“This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour,” Sotomayor had previously stated.
The dispute involved a 2020 decision allowing federal authorities to conduct immigration sweeps in the Los Angeles area.
The Trump administration argued that the judiciary should not micromanage enforcement efforts designed to secure the nation’s borders and uphold the law.
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