Justice Sotomayor sees an 'unprecedented' threat to the court as the confirmation battle to fill Justice Breyer's seat looms. 'As norms of the nomination process are broken ... the threat is greater and unprecedented than any time in our history.'
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. Photo: Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday she sees an "unprecedented" threat to the court as the confirmation battle to fill Justice Stephen Breyer's seat looms."I have concerns that we might be in crisis as norms in the nomination process are broken," Sotomayor said at a virtual lecture for New York University Law School.
"As more senators, congressional representatives, governors, mayors, local politicians and the media question the legitimacy of the court, many of them heap scorn on the court," Sotomayor said adding, "the threat is greater and unprecedented than any time in our history."
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