Sonia Sotomayor: “The government has made clear in word and deed that it feels itself unconstrained by law, free to deport anyone anywhere…”

I respectfully dissent.

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.

The majority’s opinion ends by reciting the many wonderful ways in which playing sports can be valuable to young people.