Sonia Sotomayor: “To the extent that my words have led some to believe that I think a particular group has--has--is better than another in…”

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

The benefits are immense.

The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them.

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.