Sonia Sotomayor said...

This Court’s precedent establishes beyond a shade of doubt that the Executive Order is unconstitutional.

As every conceivable source of law confirms, birthright citizenship is the law of the land.

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

Thus, the majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review.