Sonia Sotomayor: “Public schools offer to children of all faiths and backgrounds an education and an opportunity to practice living in our…”

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

I respectfully dissent.

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

Because the Court today errs by reducing the burden, at least in the sports context, that the Constitution places on state actors when classifying based on sex, I respectfully dissent.