Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Asks Lawyers to ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Fight’

With ‘uncertainty’ in the country, ‘being here with you is an act of solidarity,’ the justice told an American Bar Association conference.

Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a lawyers’ conference that amid escalating criticism in the nation of some federal judges, lawyers need to “stand up” and “fight this fight.”

Sotomayor made the comments during an on-stage conversation on May 8 at an American Bar Association conference at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.