Sonia Sotomayor: “Thank you, Senators, to all Senators. I have received all the graciousness and fair hearing that I could have asked for.”

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.

The point, however, is not that illegal entry always produces a net windfall for asylum seekers; it is that Congress was unlikely to devise a system in which asylum is available to those who unlawfully set foot over the border, but not to…

The reason the district court found intentional discrimination even after affording such deference to the Alabama Legislature is simple: The record is crystal clear.

More people will be forced to walk along the U. S.-Mexico border in dangerous conditions, trying to find a port that will inspect them.