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

From the moment he was released from custody after serving his first term of imprisonment, Herrera-Salazar was presented with a Hobson's choice,

The benefits are immense.

Because of the Court’s decision today, West Virginia, and any other state actor, can deny B. P. J. and others like her these experiences simply because it thinks they have an inherent athletic advantage, even if the facts show that they do…

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