Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has revealed that she cries sometimes in her chambers after some high-court decisions have been handed down. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The justice did not say what cases she was specifically referring to, but the court has made several landmark decisions in recent years that have been viewed as big wins for conservatives, including the landmark 2022 Dobbs abortion decision. The Court struck down New York’s prior concealed carry law in June 2022 that required an individual to prove "proper cause" existed before a license would be issued to carry.
Sotomayor’s gloom about future decisions indicates there may be more big wins for conservatives in the coming weeks as the court closes out this term. The Court is expected to rule on former President Donald Trump's immunity case, along with two abortion cases. The Court is also set to decide whether prosecutors may use a federal obstruction statute to charge rioters involved in the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
"There are moments when I'm deeply, deeply sad," Sotomayor continued. "There are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation."
"We all do. But you have to own it, you have to accept it, you have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up," she said.
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The current members of the U.S. Supreme Court (Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)
There have been calls in recent months, including in op-eds such as the one published in the Atlantic, that Sotomayor should retire under the Biden administration. The recent push for the justice to resign comes ahead of the presidential election, with left-leaning pundits and academics arguing that President Biden and the Democrat-controlled Senate could approve a candidate before the presidential election.
Sotomayor was born the same year as Brown v. Board of Education. She grew up in a housing project in the Bronx in New York City and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 8.
She was in the majority that upheld the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) twice.
Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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