Much is being made of one of Sotomayer’s overturned decisions (the firefighter case), and I’ve heard there are five or six others.

I wanted to know in general what she got overturned for, so after a bit of digging I found this article:
sotomayers_rulings_dont_fare_well_on_appeal

As far as the ‘emotional’ arguments go, I observe that we’re all racists to some degree or another, and life experiences do affect all people’s decisions. If they don’t, you’re not paying attention to your life.

Having said that, I’m unimpressed with her logic overall on the cases.
This is a situation where there’s a 5-to-4 chance that her decisions will, in fact, set policy and precedent for future cases.