Sonia Sotomayor: “I accept the proposition that a difference there will be by the presence of women and people of color on the bench and…”

In addition to being wrong on the merits, the Court’s decision inflicts two grave harms on the public.

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

The result is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before. It is a power, however, that neither the People, nor Congress, nor the Constitution bestowed upon him.

at once the symbol of our democracy and the most pervasive means for promoting our common destiny.