Code for social justice.
Via ABC News:
It’s important for people to get involved and participate in the lawmaking process by lobbying for changes they want to see, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday in Atlanta.
Sotomayor, 63, spoke at Emory University School of Law, answering questions from one of her former law clerks, Emory constitutional law professor Fred Smith, and questions submitted in advance by law students.
“Laws are made by people. They’re made by people for themselves,” she said. “The people who promote laws are the people who believe that this law will further what they think is in their better interest.”
Because of that, she said, citizens have an obligation to participate in the process by lobbying for the issues that are important to them.
People also need to find causes they’re passionate about and get involved, she said, citing her own involvement with iCivics, an education nonprofit started by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, that uses digital games to help restore civic education in schools.
“I believe with all my heart that unless we become engaged in our country and become active participants in making a difference in the world we’re in, that we will be nothing but bystanders otherwise, and nobody should live their life being a bystander,” she said.