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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said it's a 'misconception' for the public to believe that the law is clear when the high court is deciding a case, and said that she and her colleagues worry about their public perception.
Though the court's direct mandate is to interpret the law, Obama-appointed Sotomayor said that 'The reality is, there isn't a clear answer.'
'Most people think of the law as black and white, that there's an answer,' Sotomayor said during 'Live with Kelly and Ryan,' one of two morning TV hits to promote her new children's book.
'Most of the time when the Supreme Court takes cases, it's because the courts below that are disagreeing about the answer,' she added.
'By the time the case comes to the Supreme Court, or to any court, actually — the courts below us or even the Supreme Court — it's because the answer's unclear. And that can be unsatisfying to people. They don't understand why the judges are disagreeing. They don't understand why it's so hard.'
Sotomayor was making the morning TV rounds to promote her new children's book, 'Just Help! How to Build a Better World.'
During an appearance on The Today Show, NBC's Savannah Guthrie asked Sotomayor how much she worries about public trust in the high court.
