On the recordJune 26, 2026
The consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die.
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huffpost.comThe consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die.
Dissenting opinion on asylum-seekers ruling
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In the end, to the Court, the facts do not matter, even though the consequences are serious.
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.
Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980 because it did not want this country to repeat the mistakes of its past.
Today, the Court discards that democratic regime in favor of one that distorts the structure of Government to fit the majority’s theory of unitary, total executive control.