Overview

• Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasized the need for lawyers to stand up for marginalized individuals and uphold the rule of law during a speech at an American Bar Association event.
• Her remarks come as the Trump administration intensifies its efforts against the ABA, targeting its diversity initiatives and barring federal lawyers from participating in its events.
• Chief Justice John Roberts recently defended judicial independence, calling it essential to checking excesses of the legislative and executive branches.
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemned threats and harassment of judges, describing such actions as attacks on democracy.
• The Supreme Court is experiencing a surge in emergency appeals from the Trump administration as its conservative policies face resistance in lower courts.