Sonia Sotomayor: “The majority refuses to call a spade a spade.”

The reason the district court found intentional discrimination even after affording such deference to the Alabama Legislature is simple: The record is crystal clear.

More people will turn back and be subjected to violence because of something they cannot or should not have to change about themselves, such as their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.

The result is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before. It is a power, however, that neither the People, nor Congress, nor the Constitution bestowed upon him.

It also corrodes the rule of law by rewarding Alabama’s gamesmanship and outright defiance of court orders.