Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made it her mission to shine a bright light on the effects her conservative colleagues’ decisions will have on everyday Americans.
, “The Court should not be so content to ignore its obligations to protect not only the rights of women, but also the sanctity of its precedents and of the rule of law.”
Through her dissenting opinions, Sotomayor is leaving behind bread crumbs for future advocates and justices in the hope they will use her arguments to right the wrongs of the current court. This is how justices try ti wield some influence, even in the minority. But it’s remarkable the degree to which Sotomayor makes use of it. She’s essentially laying the groundwork for any rights taken away on her watch to be restored down the road.
Sotomayor also seems to be speaking directly to the public, hoping to spur action in the present. The ways in which she shapes her dissents — with language that is easy to understand and even easier for phrasing headlines — seems intentional. She wants her words of caution and even calamity to reach those who might be impacted and, perhaps more important, those who are willing and able to do something about it.about what’s to come from the conservative Supreme Court.
She’s right. The Supreme Court is already enabling the elimination of reproductive rights, and if Justice Alito’s draft opinion is any indication, they might go so far as to eliminate the right to an abortion entirely. The conservative majority is also unlikely to stop there. The rights of voters, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and more all hang in the balance, andBut the American people can, and that’s what Sotomayor has been saying all along.
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