Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor bemoaned people losing confidence in judges they believe to be political while taking questions at the University of California, Berkley on Thursday.
Sotomayor urged the crowd, “[D]on’t give up hope on us” and said judges are “human beings who care deeply about what we’re doing,” according to the Associated Press.
The justice also said since the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s death that the eight remaining justices are “talking more” and “trying to reach consensus more.” Sotomayor reportedly did not mention Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, who will go before the Senate on March 20 for hearings on his high court bid.
