Sonia Sotomayor said...

This is not the first time the Court closes its eyes to noncompliance, nor, I fear, will it be the last.

No matter how illegal a law or policy, courts can never simply tell the executive to stop enforcing it against anyone.

To get such relief, the Government would have to show that the Order is likely constitutional, an impossible task

The Government’s conduct in this litigation poses an extraordinary threat to the rule of law.