Sonia Sotomayor: “That is just as bad as it sounds.”

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

at once the symbol of our democracy and the most pervasive means for promoting our common destiny.

When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary's duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.

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