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The voice of the court's liberal minority had a fiery view on a pro-Trump ICE ruling, saying she would not stand idly by while constitutional freedoms are lost.
The U.S. Supreme Court justice, part of the court’s three-member liberal bloc, urged university students in attendance not to "walk away from the fight."
At the high court, the Republican-appointed majority declined to extend him what Sotomayor called “the barest form of mercy”: to die by that alternative firing squad method, which, she wrote, “would kill him in seconds, rather than by a torturous suffocation lasting up to 4 minutes.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to stay the execution of Anthony Boyd, who was put to death in Alabama using nitrogen gas, calling it "torturous suffocation" and a violation of the Eighth Amendment's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court justice urged the many students in attendance to take risks and fight for what they believe in. "We need you," she said.
The Allentown School Board on Thursday heard feasibility plans for $230 million worth of athletics, play area and building renovations it will now bring to the community for prioritization.