Sonia Sotomayor: “It helps you listen and understand. It doesn't change what the law is or what the law commands.”

I respectfully dissent.

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

From the moment he was released from custody after serving his first term of imprisonment, Herrera-Salazar was presented with a Hobson's choice,

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…