Alito appears testy during Sotomayor’s asylum dissent reading from the bench
Alito said he would have explained more after a dissent from the bench, as the court issued 6-3 immigration rulings.
- On Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito accused Justice Sonia Sotomayor of blindsiding him during Supreme Court immigration rulings, creating a bitter public clash between the justices from the bench.
- Tensions peaked when Sotomayor read a dissent challenging Alito's narrow interpretation of what it means to 'arrive' in the United States, while Alito had announced a 6-3 ruling restricting federal Temporary Protected Status for migrants from Haiti and Syria.
- Sotomayor invoked the 1939 voyage of more than 900 Jewish refugees on the Louis, most of whom perished in the Holocaust, to argue the ruling betrayed asylum law's legacy, while Alito defended blocking seekers as 'perfectly legitimate' administration policy.
- Visibly frustrated, Alito remarked from the bench: 'If I had known that the dissent was going to deliver that opinion from the bench, I would have said more,' while Justice Elena Kagan chose not to read her own dissent.
- The confrontation highlights deepening ideological divisions within the Supreme Court, as conservative justices expressed exasperation in writing; Amy Coney Barrett huffed she would not dwell on Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent in a separate injunctions case.
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Alito Bristles at Sotomayor Dissent
Sonia Sotomayor took the unusual step of reading aloud her blistering dissent to a Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers on Thursday, and the author of the majority opinion appeared to be none too happy with her, reports the Hill . When Sotomayor wrapped up after about 10 minutes, Samuel Alito...
What led to an unusual courtroom clash between Justices Alito and Sotomayor
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had the final word in an unusual clash inside the courtroom with his liberal colleague Justice Sonia Sotomayor over the outcome of an immigration case.
Alito gets snippy with Sotomayor after she delivers rare rebuke in SCOTUS asylum case, warning: ‘More people will die’
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito could barely contain himself Thursday after liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor read her full dissent in an immigration case from the bench.
Sam Alito Takes Unusual Step Of Whining From The Bench After Getting Called Out For Lazy Hackery
Justice Alito spoke out of turn this morning in a highly unusual break from Supreme Court protocol, to complain that there “was much he would have added,” after Justice Sotomayor publicly eviscerated him in her dissent. It’s the response one expects from a middle schooler begging for a better grade, imploring to the audience that he really could have gotten the right answers if he’d had extra time to work on it. Sure, buddy. So much more he coul…
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