The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king
Editorial: The supreme court’s sweeping ruling is a blow to democracy in the US
US supreme court decisions: the biggest cases this term and their outcomes
The court has wrapped up its term, issuing a string of blockbuster decisions with the conservative supermajority in the driver’s seat
Sotomayor says immunity ruling makes a president ‘king above the law’
Stark dissent from liberal supreme court justice says decision will let presidents commit crimes with impunity
April 2024
The Week in Patriarchy
Discussing Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement is not sexist – it’s strategic
Arwa Mahdawi
The liberal justice has been called the supreme court’s conscience but we can’t afford a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The US politics sketch
Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker
Martin Pengelly in Washington
Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department
For the sake of all of us, Sonia Sotomayor needs to retire from the US supreme court
Mehdi Hasan
She’s been described as the ‘conscience of the supreme court’. That’s why it pains me to write this
July 2023
US colleges and universities are ‘selling access’ to supreme court justices
Papers show how judges come in regular contact with big donors and have lent the prestige of their position to aid partisan activity
June 2022
‘Fewer rights than their grandmothers’: read three justices’ searing abortion dissent
Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan
The supreme court has overturned Roe v Wade – we’re republishing the dissenting opinion by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan
January 2022
DC media makes meal of supposed Sotomayor restaurant sighting
Newsletter incorrectly reports supreme court justice was dining at popular restaurant with Democrats
December 2021
Five takeaways from US supreme court’s Mississippi abortion rights case hearing
The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Oganization case could weaken the provisions of the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling
January 2021
'This is not justice': supreme court liberals slam Trump's federal executions
Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer issue stinging dissents after Dustin Higgs becomes 13th and last inmate killed by administration
October 2018
Kagan and Sotomayor call for impartial court as final Kavanaugh vote looms
Two justices do not mention nominee by name at Princeton University panel but warn against court being seen as polarized
June 2016
Notorious RBG and 'Sonia from the block': turning justices into pop culture heroines
The memification of two of the supreme court’s female justices speaks to the novelty of their inclusion on the panel – but also to admiration for their healthy lack of deference towards the machinery of power
Sonia Sotomayor just told us all the truth about illegal traffic stops
Brittany Packnett
In a searing dissent, the supreme court justice set out how targeting people of color corrodes all our civil liberties
Sotomayor issues blistering opposition to evidence obtained in unlawful stops
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented as the US supreme court ruled that evidence of a crime could be used even if police illegally stopped the defendant
January 2016
Chris Christie shoots the messenger over claims he is politically moderate
The Republican candidate says contemporary press reports that he donated to Planned Parenthood and backed Sonia Sotomayor’s supreme court bid are wrong
November 2015
Sonia Sotomayor lambasts justices for backing officer who shot fleeing suspect
The supreme court justice said legal immunity ruling for Texas trooper Chadrin Mullenix amounted to supporting ‘shoot first, think later’ approach to policing
October 2015
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How To Do Everything: the podcast that's a guide to, well … everything
Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth, whose day jobs are at NPR, give advice that’s entertaining, if not always helpful – and they get a helping hand from experts including Sonia Sotomayor and Patrick Stewart
November 2014
ACLU to US supreme court: delaying same-sex marriage in Kansas will 'harm' families
Gay rights advocates will weigh in on the issue as an avalanche of litigation threatens to fracture the potential lifting of the ban across the state
April 2014
Supreme court affirmative action ruling shows split over 'post-racial America'
Facing a court dominated by voices on the right who prefer more literal readings of the constitution, some have questioned why campaigners even brought the case
