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June 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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June 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Sotomayor's dissent is scathing. She accuses her colleagues of a gross abuse of discretion, saying they "interven[ed] to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied."

She's right. The 6-justice majority is effectively endorsing contempt of court.
DHS v. D.V.D. Sotomayor, J, dissent. "... [T]his Court now intervenes to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied. I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s equitable discretion."
June 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Justice Sotomayor, on the import of what the Supreme Court did today:

"The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."
The Government thus openly flouted two court orders, including the one from which it now seeks relief. Even if the orders in question had been mistaken, the Government had a duty to obey them until they were “ ‘reversed by orderly and proper proceedings.’ ” Maness, 419 U. S., at 459 (quoting United States v. Mine Workers, 330 U. S. 258, 293(1947)). That principle is a bedrock of the rule of law. The Government’s misconduct threatens it to its core. So too does this Court’s decision to grant the Government equitable relief. This is not the first time the Court closes its eyes to noncompliance, nor, I fear, will it be the last. See Trump v. J. G. G., 604 U. S. ___ (2025) (per curiam). Yet each time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for courts and for the rule of law.
June 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM