U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to a packed house at the University of Vermont’s Ira Allen Chapel on Monday night about her life, the role of lawyers and the power of dissent.

The justice, in conversation with UVM President Marlene Tromp, talked about her life and career, offered advice for young students in attendance and, briefly, addressed the state of politics in the country. Her appearance was part of the university’s second annual Leahy Public Policy Forum series.

“We are in a difficult part of American history, and we have great risk right now of our republic government changing in some fundamental ways,” she said. “I’m not going to tell you to not be worried. You have and should be worried. But what you shouldn’t do is walk away from the fight.”

She later said t

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