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11 hours ago · But, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed out, the law really does only apply to homeless people. She noted that, according to testimony from the police chief and officers in Grants Pass, “If a stargazer wants to take a blanket or a sleeping bag out at night to watch the stars and falls asleep, you don’t arrest them.
11 hours ago · Justice Sonia Sotomayor, minutes into the arguments, raised the question of whether criminal immunity would extend to a president ordering the military, or someone else, to assassinate a political rival if they believed this person was “corrupt”
11 hours ago · He contended that such a scenario could “lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy.” In contrast, Justice Sonia Sotomayor shredded the claim of presidential carte blanche to commit crimes, indicating it could transform the Oval Office into a “seat of criminality.”
11 hours ago · In one instance, Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned whether a president could be protected from prosecution for ordering a political assassination, to which Sauer responded, “It would depend on the hypothetical, but we can see that could well be an official act.”
11 hours ago · Voices from within the Court have expressed concerns about its perceived impartiality. Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned whether the institution could “survive the stench” that political decisions generate, while Justice Thomas likened the release of a draft opinion to “infidelity.”
11 hours ago · Justice Sonia Sotomayor, minutes into the arguments, raised the question of whether criminal immunity would extend to a president ordering the military, or someone else, to assassinate a political rival if they believed this person was “corrupt”
11 hours ago · Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor added to that. “Justice Alito went through, step by step, all of the mechanisms that could potentially fail. In the end, if it fails completely, it’s because we destroyed our democracy on our own, isn’t it?” Sotomayor asked Dreeben. “It is, Justice Sotomayor,” Dreeben responded. — Reuters
