U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said presidents have historically obeyed judicial rulings with a few exceptions while advocating for the court to move cautiously to maintain a system of checks and balances.
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a fireside chat with Knight Foundation President and CEO Maribel Prez Wadsworth in Miami Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. The pushback from the courts is in response to Trump’s efforts to dismantle government agencies and eliminate large swaths of the federal workforce. Judges have blocked Trump from moving forward with mass federal resignations and from implementing an executive order that
Last week, Sotomayor had already criticized how the conservative-led court has upended decades-old precedents. On Tuesday, Sotomayor told a Miami audience that doing so makes people feel discomfort with the court.
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