Sonia Sotomayor: “To cast serious doubt on longstanding precedent is a step we historically take only with the greatest caution and…”

After today, it is hard to call Alabama’s cynical gambit anything other than a success, and the Court’s rewarding of Alabama’s behavior anything other than a blow to the rule of law.

Since 1917, Congress has required immigration officers to inspect noncitizens who arrive at ports of entry to determine whether they may enter the United States.

Before the Court are two paths.

Down one lies an orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map that protects Black Alabamians’ right to vote.