Supreme Court: Justice Sotomayor’s Left Shoulder Injury Worse Than First Thought

during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.   Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is sworn in during the public ceremony by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol J... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is sworn in during the public ceremony by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s left shoulder break is worse than was first thought, though the 63-year-old justice expects to be on the bench when the court hears its last six arguments of the term next week.

The court says Sotomayor will cut back on travel following the reassessment of her injury, which is a fracture of the ball joint in her left shoulder. She hurt herself in a fall at home on Monday.

Sotomayor has maintained a busy speaking schedule since the publication of her best-selling memoir, “The World and Me,” in 2013. She had been scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the University of California, Davis School of Law on May 19.

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  1. I’d like to think she got her shoulder injury from dragging Gorsuch across a field of broken glass and nails followed by hurling him, in a nice ballistic arc, down the steps of the Supreme Court. But yet, I dream…

  2. ShE waS probAbly drUnK on pOrn whiLe sexinG uP hEr husbAnd. TypicAL LibTard.

  3. Seriously, that sounds like a painful injury. I hope she’s right-handed–an injury to the shoulder on her major arm would be even worse. (I once broke the pinkie on my major hand, and it sidelined me from a lot of stuff for almost a month.)

  4. How can you be a judge without a working left shoulder? Get her outa there!

  5. That seems like a pretty extreme measure to go to in order to avoid going to Davis, California. Understandable, but extreme nevertheless.

    Personally, I would’ve just waited for a freshly baked Cinnabon and — Oops! — missed my flight.

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