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Sotomayor says she hopes court will overturn 2024 presidential immunity ruling

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Saturday she hopes the court will overturn its 2024 decision in Trump v. United States, which gave former presidents broad immunity from prosecution for official acts, according to The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Just the News. Speaking at a civics education event at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, she said the court had done ‘crazy things’. The Washington Examiner reports she said ‘I’m only joking … maybe not’ and that she dissented in the case along with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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  1. Sotomayor said on Saturday she hopes the Supreme Court will overturn its 2024 presidential immunity ruling.

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    Raw Story
    Center
    The Hill
    Right
    Washington Examiner
    Far Right
    Just the News

  2. Sotomayor said the court had done ‘crazy things’.

    Reported byFar Left1Center1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Raw Story
    Center
    The Hill
    Right
    Washington Examiner
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    Just the News

  3. The 2024 ruling held that presidents have no immunity for unofficial acts but have immunity for official acts.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

  4. Sotomayor dissented in the 2024 ruling along with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

  5. Sotomayor said ‘I’m only joking … maybe not’ about her remark.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

How each side tells it

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All three sides report that Sotomayor said she hopes the court will overturn its 2024 immunity ruling and that the court had done ‘crazy things’. The main difference is emphasis: the center headline reports her hope plainly, while right and left headlines lead with her ‘crazy’ or ‘take back’ wording.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Raw Story’s headline relays a Politico report and frames the remarks as an alarm about the court’s own rulings, quoting ‘crazy’ as the justice’s word.

    Supreme Court justice sounds the alarm on Sensational language“‘crazy’ rulings”The headline puts the outlet’s own label on the court’s rulings, while the source is Sotomayor’s informal remark about them.More neutral: rulings she criticizedThese are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight? from her own bench: report
    Raw StoryFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    The Hill’s headline reports plainly that Sotomayor hopes the court will overturn the immunity decision, with no quoted loaded wording.

    Sotomayor says she hopes Supreme Court will overturn presidential immunity decision
    The HillCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Right-side headlines quote her ‘take back’ and ‘crazy’ wording, and the Far Right Just the News headline puts ‘crazy’ ahead of the ruling; left headlines also quote ‘crazy’.

    Sotomayor hopes Supreme Court will ‘Loaded verb“take back”The verb suggests the court’s rulings are mistakes to be undone, a judgement of the ruling, though the words are the justice’s own quoted remark.More neutral: overturnThese are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ presidential immunity ruling
    Washington ExaminerRightAll right-leaning headlines

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    No loaded words in its own voice.

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  • Sensational language

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    crazyMore neutral: (omit) and quote the statement

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    I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it’s done,” Sotomayor says

    Quoted byJust the News (Far Right)Raw Story (Far Left)The Hill (Center)Washington Examiner (Right)and 1 more

    Inside a quotation: the outlets are reporting someone else’s words.

  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    ‘crazy’ presidential immunity rulingMore neutral: presidential immunity ruling

    The headline attaches Sotomayor’s informal word to the ruling in the outlet’s own headline, adding drama beyond her quoted remark.

    Sotomayor hopes high court reverses ‘crazy’ presidential immunity ruling

    Quoted byJust the News (Far Right)

    These are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    ‘crazy’ rulingsMore neutral: rulings she criticized

    The headline puts the outlet’s own label on the court’s rulings, while the source is Sotomayor’s informal remark about them.

    Supreme Court justice sounds the alarm on ‘crazy’ rulings from her own bench: report

    Quoted byRaw Story (Far Left)

    These are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

  • Loaded verb

    Quoted

    take backMore neutral: overturn

    The verb suggests the court’s rulings are mistakes to be undone, a judgement of the ruling, though the words are the justice’s own quoted remark.

    Sotomayor hopes Supreme Court will ‘take back’ presidential immunity ruling

    Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)

    These are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the justice’s criticism of her own court
  • ‘crazy’ rulings
  • her remarks as a warning
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  • The IndependentLeft

    Sotomayor says SCOTUS has done ‘Sensational language“crazy”Diagnoses the speaker instead of quoting them.More neutral: (omit) and quote the statementThis appears inside a quotation. The outlet is reporting someone else’s words.Disagree with this highlight? things’ but she hopes some rulings will be reversed

    The liberal justice also spoke about the ‘outpouring of voters’ who showed up for the midterm elections last week

    Read at The Independent (opens in a new tab)
  • Raw StoryFar Left

    Supreme Court justice sounds the alarm on Sensational language“‘crazy’ rulings”The headline puts the outlet’s own label on the court’s rulings, while the source is Sotomayor’s informal remark about them.More neutral: rulings she criticizedThese are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight? from her own bench: report

    A Supreme Court justice offered a blunt assessment of her own court's recent work this weekend, and she suggested she wasn't kidding. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she hopes the high court will "take back some of the Sensational language“crazy”Diagnoses the speaker instead of quoting them.More neutral: (omit) and quote the statementThis appears inside a quotation. The outlet is reporting someone else’s words.Disagree with this highlight? things that it's done," Politico reported Saturday.

    Read at Raw Story (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • her hope the court will overturn the immunity decision
  • the Mount Vernon civics talk
  • the court’s ‘crazy things’
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  • The HillCenter

    Sotomayor says she hopes Supreme Court will overturn presidential immunity decision

    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Saturday that she hopes the court's decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity will be overturned, saying her colleagues have done some "Sensational language“crazy”Diagnoses the speaker instead of quoting them.More neutral: (omit) and quote the statementThis appears inside a quotation. The outlet is reporting someone else’s words.Disagree with this highlight? things. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • her criticism of the immunity ruling
  • her dissents
  • the ‘crazy’ wording
See the 2 headlines from the rightHide the headlines
  • Washington ExaminerRight

    Sotomayor hopes Supreme Court will ‘Loaded verb“take back”The verb suggests the court’s rulings are mistakes to be undone, a judgement of the ruling, though the words are the justice’s own quoted remark.More neutral: overturnThese are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ presidential immunity ruling

    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said there are several decisions from which she dissented, including the decision on presidential immunity, that she hopes the Supreme Court overturns in her lifetime. …

    Read at Washington Examiner (opens in a new tab)
  • Just the NewsFar Right

    Sotomayor hopes high court reverses Sensational language“‘crazy’ presidential immunity ruling”The headline attaches Sotomayor’s informal word to the ruling in the outlet’s own headline, adding drama beyond her quoted remark.More neutral: presidential immunity rulingThese are Sonia Sotomayor’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?

    “I dissent a lot. I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the Sensational language“crazy”Diagnoses the speaker instead of quoting them.More neutral: (omit) and quote the statementThis appears inside a quotation. The outlet is reporting someone else’s words.Disagree with this highlight? things that it’s done,” Sotomayor says

    Read at Just the News (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Raw Story, Nov 7, 8:56 PM EST

  • Center

    1 hr 53 min later

    Its first report, Nov 7, 10:49 PM EST

  • Right

    13 hr later

    Its first report, Nov 8, 9:58 AM EST

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  1. Raw StoryFar LeftNov 7, 8:56 PM EST
  2. The HillCenterNov 7, 10:49 PM EST
  3. Washington ExaminerRightNov 8, 9:58 AM EST
  4. The IndependentLeftNov 8, 12:55 PM EST

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