Sonia Sotomayor: “Nothing less than an open invitation for the government to bypass the Constitution.”

Because I cannot condone such abuse of our equitable authority, I respectfully dissent.

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

Today, the Court discards that democratic regime in favor of one that distorts the structure of Government to fit the majority’s theory of unitary, total executive control.

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