Justice Sotomayor Takes Aim at Supreme Court Precedent Flipping in Trans Sports Case

Sonia Sotomayor BioSnap a weekly updated Biography. Justice Sonia Sotomayor made headlines this week with her pointed critiques during Supreme Court oral arguments on January 13 in Little v. Hecox and related cases challenging Idaho and West Virginia laws barring transgender women from girls sports teams. Washington Examiner reports she swiped at the court for flipping precedents quoting her as saying to a Justice Department lawyer Youre asking the court to adopt views expressed by two minority dissenting judges Weve been doing an awful lot of that lately after he grinned in acknowledgment. She pressed on equal protection claims tying it to past dissents now embraced by the majority amid high-profile overrulings like Dobbs on abortion. SCOTUSblog notes Sotomayor probed mootness for plaintiff Lindsay Hecox who wants out due to unwanted spotlight arguing it forces an unwilling plaintiff into the fray while Idaho countered shed stuck with sports until the publicity hit. Politico and CBS News highlight her grilling of Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst on Hecoxs plight Do you doubt that having a named case with such an eventful event is going to continue attention on this person. The liberal trio including Sotomayor seemed poised to lose to the conservative majority likely upholding the bans per SCOTUSblog and Education Week though she pushed for narrow rulings maybe sparing medically transitioned athletes. No business deals or social media buzz surfaced but look ahead BookPeople teases her February 11 Austin event promoting childrens book Just Shine at First Baptist Church tickets via Eventbrite. Schools named for her host unrelated gigs like a January 24 Latino Education Summit at Sonia Sotomayor Middle in Adelphi Maryland and a March 14 bilingual job fair per PGCPS. Fresh off authoring the January 9 Bowe v United States opinion denying successive habeas relief to federal prisoners as SCOTUStoday recaps Sotomayors week underscores her liberal firebrand role in a term packed with Trump tariffs birthright citizenship and gun cases decisions by June. No unconfirmed whispers just these verified court fireworks cementing her biographical edge as the courts sharp-tongued dissenter. Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.