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Sonia Sotomayor: “No matter how illegal a law or policy, courts can never simply tell the executive to stop enforcing it against anyone.”

On the recordJune 30, 2025
No matter how illegal a law or policy, courts can never simply tell the executive to stop enforcing it against anyone.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York
Source
thehill.com
Jun 30, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Sotomayor criticizes the majority's ruling limiting judicial power against executive actions.

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