Sotomayor also said that Americans need to know the difference between president and king.
Vance respects Kirk by hosting his show from the White House
Vice President JD Vance hosted the White House “The Charlie Kirk Show” and honored his late friends and featured guests like Tucker Carlson.
NEW YORK – Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor on September 16th jumped into a swirling free speech debate over the murder of Charlie Kirk.
“Every time they listen to a lawyer-trained representative, they say that freedom of speech should be criminalised in some way, “that law school has failed,” she said at an event on civic education.
Sotomayor did not identify any particular lawyers. But her remarks came the day after Attorney General Pam Bondy vowed to chase “people engaged in hate speech.”
“There’s freedom of speech, then there’s hate speech,” Bondy said on September 15th on Katy Miller’s podcast.
Vice President JD Vance, who holds a law degree from Yale Law School, said anyone celebrating Kirk’s death should be fired from his job.
“Call them, hell, call their employer,” Vance said when guest hosted the podcast Kirk on September 15th.
Sotomayor spoke at the New York Claw School at an event celebrating Constitution and Civil Rights Day.
She called social media “one of the biggest causes of misinformation on the Internet,” and said Americans need to know the difference between presidents and kings.
“If people knew these things from the start, I think they’d get more information about what’s important in democracy in terms of what people can and shouldn’t,” she said.
Her remarks on freedom of speech answered questions about the role of law schools in instilling citizen perceptions.
Sotomayor called citizens an important part of studying law.
“Because it’s because of that system that you work as a lawyer,” she said. “And you’re never in a position to advocate for change or represent it in a full-sam manner unless you understand how the system affects you and your clients.”
Bondi has been criticized by both left and right for her comments about hate speech.
“Someone needs to explain to Bondi that he is repulsing what is called “hate speech,” which is protected by the First Amendment. She should know this.”
Bondi wasn’t upset.
“Hate speech that crosses boundaries with the threat of violence is not protected by the First Amendment. It’s a crime,” Bondi posted on X.
