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Sonia Sotomayor: “Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been…”

On the recordJune 30, 2026
Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been acting in open defiance of the Constitution all this time.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Dissenting opinion on executive power ruling.

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