Liberal Justice Sotomayor says U.S. Supreme Court 'mistakes' can be fixed

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court's "mistakes" in high-profile cases can be corrected over time as she adopted a positive tone ahead of a decision in which its conservative majority is expected to curtail abortion rights.

Sotomayor, speaking in Washington at the annual meeting of a liberal legal group, did not directly address last month's publication of a leaked draft opinion in the abortion case or any of the court's other current cases. But Sotomayor said she believes the court can help people "regain the public's confidence" in government institutions.

The leaked draft ruling, authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, indicated that the court's conservative majority is set to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority, with Sotomayor one of three liberal justices.

"Institutions are made up by humans. Because we are human, by necessity we make mistakes. It is the nature of the human enterprise," Sotomayor told the American Constitution Society meeting.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liberal-justice-sotomayor-says-us-supreme-court-mistakes-can-be-fixed/ar-AAYyMCe

But how many are hurt in the interim?

[roamer65]

1. Pelican Brief?

[gratuitous]

2. You're right, Justice Sotomayor

But in the meantime, a whole lot of unnecessary and avoidable suffering and death gets meted out to the most vulnerable citizens. And for all of industrial America's claim to want a stable, predictable country to do business in, they seem okay with buying their way to a legal and regulatory framework that shields them from liability for their own misconduct.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. Look On The Bright Side

In 2 or 3 decades, we'll be able to get Abortion Rights back. MAYBE.

[in2herbs]

4. With lifetime appointments it will be many, many, decades before these "mistakes"

are corrected. Generations of Americans. And, they're not mistakes. They are intentional actions!!

[Solly Mack]

5. Can't bring a dead woman back to life.

Can't give her back that time lost in prison, should she forced to go. Can't undo the time spent in oppression - which means lost opportunities, forced pregnancy, a lack of choices, loss of education, a better life.

Some things can't be undone and there's no point in pretending they can be.

Sure. People make mistakes - but stripping women of their bodily autonomy isn't the same as miscalculating your available funds. One is a mistake, and the other is the deliberate infliction of harm.

I get what she's saying, still...

[BlueIdaho]

6. So much for the fierce urgency of now...

Lifetime appointments have consequences.

[Novara]

7. Saying this does not make it so, Justice Sotomayor.