In a contentious interaction during the Supreme Court case concerning Trump’s decision to end birthright citizenship, Chief Justice Roberts slammed woke Justice Sotomayor for her rude and unprofessional treatment of lawyers.
For context, Justice Sotomayor is one of the most left-wing Supreme Court justices on the bench and has often drawn criticism from conservatives for her biased rulings. Most recently, she lost her cool when listening to the arguments between the Trump administration’s lawyers and immigration activists.
Such was shown when the May 15, 2025, hearing sparked a tense exchange between Roberts and Sotomayor. Starting her embarrassing remarks, the liberal justice declared, “You are claiming that not just the Supreme Court, but both the Supreme Court and no lower court, can stop an executive from universally violating holdings by this court.”
Defending their position, the Trump attorney said, “We’re not claiming that because we’re conceding that there could be an appropriate case only in class.” Rudely interjecting, the enraged liberal judge interrupted, “But I hear that…”
Shutting down her disrespectful interruption, Justice Roberts fired back with an epic response. He declared, “Can I hear the rest of his answer?” Embarassed by the rebuke, Sotomayor let the lawyer finish.
Justifying the President’s ruling, the lawyer continued, “In appropriate cases, courts have certified class actions on an emergency basis. We found at least four cases in recent years where that was done. But more fundamentally, we profoundly disagree with the characterization of the merits. This is now fully briefed in the Ninth Circuit in case number 25, eight.”
When conservatives saw the clip of the interaction, they were enraged by Sotomayor’s disgraceful actions. One prominent conservative posted, “🚨LISTEN “Can I hear the rest of his answer?” Chief Justice Roberts says in an attempt to stop Justice Sonya Sotomayor from hogging the mic from US Solicitor General D. John Sauer in Trump v CASA Birthright Citizenship.”
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In the comments under the post, conservatives expressed their exasperation with the disrespectful woke judge. One such comment said, “Typical Democrat talking over their opposition to keep them from being able to speak, while simultaneously saying nothing of substance.”
Building on this point, another user noticed a major flaw in the judicial system. The comment read, “The defect in the system is that the EO of a president, elected by the people of the entire country, can be stopped by a single rogue district court judge out of the total of 677 judges. The solution is to require the majority of judges to agree to issue a universal injunction.”
Blasting Sotomayor for her unprofessionalism, another user stated, “Judges can be impeached; there just needs to be enough in the Senate to follow through with a House impeachment.” Advocating for harsher punishments for these woke judges, one user said, “The SCOTUS has original jurisdiction. They can just declare an egregious order unconstitutional. No one told them they need to wait for a court case.”
Watch the contentious hearing here:
Rounding out the comments, many were content to criticise Sotomayor for her ‘woke’ values. One such comment read, “Sotomayor is too dumb to sit on the Supreme Court. She is comparing a constitutional writing that strictly removes the government from any power over guns to something not in the Constitution.”