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What to know about Sotomayor blames colleagues for slew of Supreme Court emergency appeals

The article reports on Justice Sonia Sotomayor's criticism of the Supreme Court's handling of emergency appeals and her public rebuke of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It also includes brief mentions of other news stories involving Melania Trump and the Trump administration.

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What happened

Sotomayor blames colleagues for slew of Supreme Court emergency appeals The Supreme Court has itself to blame for the flood of emergency appeals it’s now receiving, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday.

Why it matters

“We’ve done it to ourselves,” Sotomayor said during an appearance at the University of Alabama Law School.

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“The newspapers are filled with reports about how many …

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Claim 1: “Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court has itself to blame for the flood of emergency appeals it’s now receiving.”

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Wikipedia entries about Sonia Sotomayor and the Supreme Court do not mention her commenting on emergency appeals or attributing responsibility for their increase. No cross-references or web search results were found to corroborate this claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sonia Maria Sotomayor ( , Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born June 25, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nomin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Soto…
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Claim 2: “A post titled 'Sotomayor Tries to Bury Firefighters’ Discrimination Claims' examines how Sotomayor and her colleagues on a Second Circuit panel handled a discrimination case.”

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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search results, or cross-references to confirm the existence of the post titled 'Sotomayor Tries to Bury Firefighters’ Discrimination Claims.'

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Claim 3: “Sotomayor said, 'We’ve done it to ourselves.'”

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No Wikipedia entries, cross-references, or web search results confirm that Justice Sotomayor made the specific quote 'We’ve done it to ourselves' regarding emergency appeals. The available evidence does not address this claim.

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Claim 4: “Melania Trump denied having close ties to Jeffrey Epstein and stated that Epstein did not introduce her to Donald Trump.”

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No Wikipedia entries, web search results, or cross-references confirm Melania Trump’s statements about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. No evidence was found to support or refute this claim.

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Claim 5: “Sotomayor publicly criticized Justice Brett Kavanaugh for failing to grasp the impact of Trump’s policies on vulnerable groups.”

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Wikipedia entries about the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, and John Roberts do not mention Sotomayor criticizing Brett Kavanaugh over Trump’s policies. No other evidence was found to support or refute this claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elena Kagan ( KAY-guhn; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. Though primarily an institutionalist, he has been descri…
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Claim 6: “The White House argued that the construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom is a 'national security necessity' vital to the Trump family’s safety.”

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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search results, or cross-references to confirm the White House’s claim about the $400 million ballroom being a 'national security necessity.'

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