The justice spoke at an event on Thursday outlining the importance of the job that lawyers and judges have today.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged hundreds of lawyers Thursday night to stand up in the face of threats, multiple outlets reported. Why it matters: President Trump's administration has targeted law firms and even federal judges,

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a group of lawyers under attack from President Donald Trump that now was the time to “stand up.” “Right now we can’t lose the battles we are facing,” the liberal justice told a gathering of American Bar Association members on Thursday,

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up for potential deportation.

In an emergency application, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to revoke protections provided to migrants from troubled countries.