Sonia Sotomayor said...

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.

To allow the Government to enforce [the birthright citizenship executive order] against even one newborn child is an ass...

In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor masterfully exposed Alito’s extralegal interpretive maneuvers.