Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor commented on the midterms and expressed her hopes for the future of presidential immunity.
Discussing civics at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, she avoided discussing the politics of the election and instead chose to focus on the importance of voting.
“We saw the outpouring of voters on Tuesday,” she said. “I tell people all the time, there’s no excuse for not voting. There just isn’t. Apathy is not acceptable.”
She also noted that SCOTUS would eventually “settle down” after several rulings that she views as “crazy.”
“There have been some systemic changes in my court’s jurisprudence in many areas of law. We’ll settle down, too. Not quite sure when. But we will. And a new order will be established that people will begin to understand,” she assured the crowd.
Sotomayor specifically noted her dissent from the decision that grants presidents presumptive immunity while engaging in official acts, saying at the time that it sounded an awful lot like a “king above the law” ruling.
“I dissent a lot. I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it’s done. I’m only joking — maybe not,” she quipped. “No, seriously. You know, I’ve spoken openly about this; there’s some opinions that I hope in my lifetime will get overturned. The immunity case is one of them.”
X users reacted:
Then Obama would rightly be jailed for trying to setup Trump with Russia collusion.
— Jason Billings (@SingleDallasGuy) November 8, 2026
@Sinan_Rio @thehill To make it easier for the people out of power to use Lawfare to bring down a former president or current sitting president?
— c42 (@funkit34) November 8, 2026
This Supreme Court made the decision. They aren’t going to over turn it.
Elections have consequences. I guess more Democrats who voted for Obama twice should have voted for the old white lady 2016.
— Ken Scott (@foomper) November 8, 2026
She’s just happy not to be the dumbest one on the Court.
— V (@V35000) November 8, 2026
I agree. Biden & Obama need to be held responsible for all the harm they caused to this country.
— Cece (@coelca522) November 8, 2026
It takes a rights for me but not for thee, and precedent only matters if it helps my side, type of leftists to push this type of philosophy.
— Craig (@sliderbot) November 8, 2026
That won’t work out like she thinks. The immunity is only for actions performed in the course of a president’s duties and applied to both parties. If overturned, even Dems may find their presidents under scrutiny.
— Green Ink Brigade (@GreenInkBrigade) November 8, 2026
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