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Sonia Sotomayor: No, sir. Absolutely not.

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Sotomayor denies that personal identity should influence judicial decisions.

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Jul 1, 2026

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.

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It hands the Executive the power to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out.

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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.

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