No matter how illegal a law or policy, courts can never simply tell the executive to stop enforcing it against anyone.
Sonia Sotomayor
The Public Record
Sonia Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, having been nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009. She is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Court. Sotomayor previously served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as a district court judge for the Southern District of New York. Her judicial philosophy often emphasizes the importance of empathy and the impact of the law on the lives of individuals, particularly marginalized communities.
would be well advised to file promptly class-action suits and to request temporary injunctive relief for the putative class pending class certification.
This is not the first time the Court closes its eyes to noncompliance, nor, I fear, will it be the last.
This Court endorses the radical proposition that the President is harmed, irreparably, whenever he cannot do something he wants to do.
To allow the Government to enforce [the birthright citizenship executive order] against even one newborn child is an assault on our constitutional order.
The Court’s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution.





