Sonia Sotomayor says supreme court’s ‘mistakes’ can be corrected over time

Liberal-leaning justice says there are days I get discouraged ... sometimes I cry' but urges leftwing lawyers to persevere

The liberal-leaning supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Thursday that US supreme court mistakes" in high-profile cases can be corrected over time - as she adopted a positive tone ahead of a decision in which its conservative majority is expected to reverse the constitutional right abortion in America.

Sotomayor, speaking in Washington DC at the annual meeting of a liberal legal group, did not directly address last month's publication of a leaked draft opinion in a key abortion case out of Mississippi that includes a request to overturn the pivotal 1973 Roe v Wade ruling, or any of the court's other current cases.