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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

Nothing less than an open invitation for the government to bypass the Constitution.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

The Court’s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

To allow the Government to enforce [the birthright citizenship executive order] against even one newborn child is an assault on our constitutional order.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

the ruling was a travesty for the rule of the law and an open invitation to bypass the constitution.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

The Government does not ask for complete stays of the injunctions, as it ordinarily does before this Court. Why? The answer is obvious: To get such relief, the Government would have to show that the Order is likely constitutional, an…

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

Suppose an executive order barred women from receiving unemployment benefits or black citizens from voting.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

To get such relief, the Government would have to show that the Order is likely constitutional, an impossible task

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

With the stroke of a pen, the president has made a 'solemn mockery' of our Constitution.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempts to hide it.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

This Court endorses the radical proposition that the President is harmed, irreparably, whenever he cannot do something he wants to do.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

No right is safe in the new legal regime the court creates.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jun 27, 2025

As every conceivable source of law confirms, birthright citizenship is the law of the land.

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