Sonia Sotomayor: “The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempts to hide it.”

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

I respectfully dissent.

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

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…