Sonia Sotomayor: “in sadness, I dissent.”

Congress created the Department, and only Congress can abolish it.

It hands the Executive the power to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out.

In addition to being wrong on the merits, the Court’s decision inflicts two grave harms on the public.

Down one lies an orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map that protects Black Alabamians’ right to vote.