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In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against ...
With fear for our democracy, I dissent.' End of quote. And so should the American people dissent. I dissent." Biden cited two sentences from Sotomayor's 30-page dissent. The sentences are, "In ...
Concurrence/dissent: Total = 39: Bench opinions = 20: Opinions relating to orders = 19: In-chambers opinions = 0: Unanimous opinions: 1: Most joined by: Kagan (16) Least joined by: Barrett (2 in full, 1 in part)
Sotomayor made the remarks as the Supreme Court turns toward the final weeks of a term in which the justices will decide a number of high-profile controversies, including former President Donald ...
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Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari of a judgment reversing the granting of a habeas petition after an evidentiary hearing. The petitioner had been convicted of murder in state court and sentenced to death after his attorneys conceded his guilt at trial and failed to present any substantive mitigating evidence at sentencing.
In a fiery dissent that Sotomayor read from the bench to underscore its historic significance, the liberal justice wrote that the ruling “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress ...
Sotomayor also noted that the State had misrepresented to the lower courts the nature of other Texas death sentences that had involved the same psychologist but had already been set for resentencing, and she believed the District Court should have the opportunity to evaluate this case with a clear record.