https://twitter.com/ishapiro/status/1479481622315606021?s=21 Sotomayor claims not to understand distinction between state and federal power. Mind-boggling. Calls OSHA's regulatory authority to be a "police power." OH SG tries to explain con law 101, eventually Roberts rescues the embarrassing discourse.
https://twitter.com/shannonbream/status/1479480779747045381?s=21 J. Sotomayor says Omicron is as deadly as Delta.
https://twitter.com/shannonbream/status/1479480866887933956?s=21 J. Sotomayor says over 100K children in serious condition, "many on ventilators"
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1479475073014710275?s=21 Sotomayor: "Why is a human not like a machine when it is spewing bloodborne (!) viruses?"
Incredible performance all around.
I will stand by this statement. I believe she was a pure political appointment and a diversity hire. She was a weak lawyer and a sitting SCJ that's an empty robe who answers to someone else. IMO.