Justice Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful comments’ about Kavanaugh at Kansas event

By: Anna Kaminski

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 455

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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LAWRENCE — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor formally apologized for critiquing a colleague while speaking in Kansas last week, admitting her remarks were “inappropriate” and “hurtful.”

Sotomayor insinuated fellow Justice Brett Kavanaugh didn’t know working class people and, therefore, couldn’t understand the ramifications of his decision in the pivotal case that allowed federal immigration officers in California to continue stopping people based on race, ethnicity, native language, location and occupation. However, she did …

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