Sonia Sotomayor

If we're unsure of your characterization, because there's certainly a number of amici brief who disagree with that characterization, shouldn't we be certifying this question to the Colorado court instead of us deciding it? We have to be…

The majority ignores that 'arrival' and 'arriving' in the immigration context have never focused on the precise location of a noncitizen’s feet.

Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980 because it did not want this country to repeat the mistakes of its past.

Because the Court today errs by reducing the burden, at least in the sports context, that the Constitution places on state actors when classifying based on sex, I respectfully dissent.

The ban is absolute, so B. P. J. cannot practice on girls’ teams, even if she would not take anyone’s spot in an eventual competition, even if everyone who tries out for the team makes it, and even if having the chance to participate could…

In the end, to the Court, the facts do not matter, even though the consequences are serious.

Because of the Court’s decision today, West Virginia, and any other state actor, can deny B. P. J. and others like her these experiences simply because it thinks they have an inherent athletic advantage, even if the facts show that they do…

The benefits are immense.

The majority’s opinion ends by reciting the many wonderful ways in which playing sports can be valuable to young people.

Today, the Court discards that democratic regime in favor of one that distorts the structure of Government to fit the majority’s theory of unitary, total executive control.

I respectfully dissent.

The result is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before. It is a power, however, that neither the People, nor Congress, nor the Constitution bestowed upon him.

Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been acting in open defiance of the Constitution all this time.

The one thing that does appear to be clear going forward is that chaos will follow.

More people will turn back and be subjected to violence because of something they cannot or should not have to change about themselves, such as their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.

More people will be forced to walk along the U. S.-Mexico border in dangerous conditions, trying to find a port that will inspect them.

Since 1917, Congress has required immigration officers to inspect noncitizens who arrive at ports of entry to determine whether they may enter the United States.

The consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die.

The point, however, is not that illegal entry always produces a net windfall for asylum seekers; it is that Congress was unlikely to devise a system in which asylum is available to those who unlawfully set foot over the border, but not to…

This Court has previously recognized that immigration statutes and procedures should not be construed to ‘create a perverse incentive to enter at an unlawful rather than a lawful location. Yet, the majority’s construction does exactly that.

It also corrodes the rule of law by rewarding Alabama’s gamesmanship and outright defiance of court orders.

Down the other lies a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.

Down one lies an orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map that protects Black Alabamians’ right to vote.

Before the Court are two paths.