U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right.

In an appearance at the University of California, Berkely School of Law, Sotomayor was asked how she copes with the consistently conservative rulings from the court.

“Every loss truly traumatizes me,” but “I get up the next morning,” she said in response to the question, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The crowd — about 1,300 students — applauded.

In her remarks, she criticized her “originalist colleagues” whom she said have come up with “new ways to interpret the Constitution,” changing rulings “that some of us believed were well established,” the Chronicle reported.

The 6-3 conservative court has had an eventful couple of terms, making its mark on some of the most consequential aspects of everyday life — from overturning the federal right to an abortion to ruling affirmative action in colleges unconstitutional.

  • ivanafterall
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    She could take out one of her colleagues. She’s right there in the room with them. They’d never see it coming.

    • SuperDuper
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      1. Wait for the conservative justices to side with Trump and say that the president has absolute legal immunity

      2. Hand Biden a gun

      3. ???

      4. Profit.

      • @samus12345
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        Biden wouldn’t do anything because…

    • Deceptichum
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      She would have to do it after the election or they’ll pull a repeat of Scalia/Garland.