Sotomayor lets loose on conservative Supreme Court with revealing wish: 'Crazy things'

As Republicans reel from their bruising midterm election losses, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is hoping some of the court's biggest conservative rulings will eventually be overturned.The liberal justice singled out the court's landmark 2024 presidential immunity ruling, which shields presidents from criminal prosecution for actions taken within their core constitutional powers and provides presumptive protection for other official acts.Her colleagues, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, are both in their late 70s, raising questions about their potential retirements and whether a Democratic-controlled Senate could complicate Trump's efforts to replace them with fellow conservatives."We saw the outpouring of voters on Tuesday … I tell people all the time, there’s no excuse for not voting.

There just isn’t.Apathy is not acceptable," Sotomayor said.TRUMP'S SUPREME COURT MAJORITY FACES LOOMING THREAT AFTER DEM SENATE TAKEOVER: 'STUCK'United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (L) and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (R) pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

(Alex Wong/Getty Images)"I dissent a lot.I’m hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it’s done.

I’m only joking — maybe not," she said at the same event."No, seriously.

You know, I’ve spoken openly about this, there’s some opinions that I hope in my lifetime will get overturned.The immunity case is one of them."The justice spent most of the hourlong event discussing the importance of civics education, stopping at times to discuss the state of American democracy.

At one point, Sotomayor remarked that it would take "some hard work" for the United States to get back on an "even keel."SUPREME COURT JUSTICE KAGAN WARNS SOME CONSERVATIVE RULINGS HAVE BEEN 'DESTRUCTIVE OF OUR DEMOCRACY'Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks with late-night hos...