{"id":4056,"date":"2026-06-26T11:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:05:13","slug":"alitos-testy-reaction-to-sotomayor-underscores-tensions-at-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4056","title":{"rendered":"Alito\u2019s testy reaction to Sotomayor underscores tensions at Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            When major rulings are announced, most Supreme Court justices practice a kind of studied impassivity.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4048\">Trump foe John Bolton is set to plead guilty. Here\u2019s why the case didn\u2019t fall apart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            No matter how much they oppose a colleague\u2019s decision as it\u2019s delivered from the elevated bench, they sit stone-faced. Alternatively, no matter how much justices in the majority resent the rare oral dissenting statement, they avoid betraying emotion in the courtroom.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But then there\u2019s Samuel Alito.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Alito, who has a history of reacting with visible annoyance or incredulity \u2013 his pronounced eye-rolling as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg read an opinion made headlines in 2013 \u2013 let his anger flash Thursday at Justice Sonia Sotomayor.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Alito suggested to spectators that she had blindsided him with her oral dissent to his opinion favoring the Trump administration in a dispute over refugee policy at the southern border.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThere\u2019s much that I would have added to my bench statement had I known there would be a dissent read,\u201d Alito said, barely holding back his ire, after Sotomayor had finished her lengthy statement.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A reporter intern runs from the US Supreme Court as opinions are issued on June 25 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-4053\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd40d7a9d7a923f87fae015409ed91b1.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>CNN&#8217;s Arpita Dasika runs from the US Supreme Court as opinions are issued on June 25 in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Takeaways: Supreme Court hands Trump massive wins on immigration agenda<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>9  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            While Thursday\u2019s episode broke the staid decorum at the nation\u2019s highest court, in some ways it was vintage Alito. His conservatism has been prevailing in case after case, yet he exudes a sense of aggrievement.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            For much of this year, his 20th on the bench, some observers wondered if Alito\u2019s testy attitude signaled sufficient misery that he might be nearing retirement. But people close to Alito passed word to Fox News earlier this year that he would be staying for at least another session. (In March, Alito fell ill while attending a dinner in Philadelphia and was taken the hospital. Court officials kept the episode quiet for nearly two weeks, until questioned by CNN.)\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Supreme Court is in the final days of its annual term that starts in October. Thursday\u2019s drama began shortly after 10 a.m. ET as the justices began announcing four of a dozen remaining cases.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            First, Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivered an opinion favoring Monsanto Company over a Missouri man who brought a failure-to-warn case claiming he had developed cancer from use of the Roundup herbicide. Kavanaugh said federal law preempted the lawsuit because states cannot require information on a pesticide label that goes beyond federal regulation; the Environmental Protection Agency has never required such cancer warnings on the herbicide.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Chief Justice John Roberts then announced that Alito had the court\u2019s opinion for three cases.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Alito took only a few minutes to explain a Second Amendment decision, which struck down a Hawaii law restricting handguns on private property open to the public, and then a few more minutes to detail the decision involving refugee policy at the US southern border.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: Rain clouds roll over the United States Supreme Court building on June 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. The high court handed down three decisions Thursday, including United States v Hemani where the court ruled 9-0 to limit a federal ban on drug users' Second Amendment right to own firearms. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-3999\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69e66a9427920b18f20dc734d7115a84-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69e66a9427920b18f20dc734d7115a84-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69e66a9427920b18f20dc734d7115a84-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69e66a9427920b18f20dc734d7115a84.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Video Ad Feedback<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accuses Justice Sonia Sotomayor of blindsiding him\n                <\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\n                                        \n        \n            \n            \n        4:47\n                            <\/span>\n<span> \u2022 Source:\n                \n                    CNN\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: Rain clouds roll over the United States Supreme Court building on June 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. The high court handed down three decisions Thursday, including United States v Hemani where the court ruled 9-0 to limit a federal ban on drug users' Second Amendment right to own firearms. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-4000\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eafb2b59e7b54aa7b43fcd0abc9e10d5.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eafb2b59e7b54aa7b43fcd0abc9e10d5.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eafb2b59e7b54aa7b43fcd0abc9e10d5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accuses Justice Sonia Sotomayor of blindsiding him<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>        \n        \n            \n            \n        4:47\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            That latter one turned on a phrase in immigration law, testing when someone \u201carrives in the United States\u201d and is eligible to seek asylum. Alito said that only when a refugee steps foot in the US may he or she begin the asylum process. His 6-3 opinion reversed the view of lower court judges that would have allowed refugees near a border and in the process of arriving to begin the asylum screening.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He said that six justices had signed the opinion, all the Republican-appointed conservatives, it turned out. He added that three justices had dissented, Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Those are the three Democratic appointed liberals who have been on the downside of a series of rulings this term.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the white marble courtroom, the pace so far was brisk. Three opinions had been delivered in about nine minutes.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But then Sotomayor began reading her dissent.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The drama was immediate as she first addressed the desperation of refugees and recalled that a ship, the M.S. <em>St. Louis<\/em>, carrying some 900 Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and the Holocaust was turned away from the United States in 1939. The ship was also turned away from Cuba and Canada. After the ship returned to Europe, many of the Jewish refugees became trapped under German control, and, as Sotomayor related aloud on Thursday, more than 250 of them were killed in the Holocaust.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            She said that US asylum protections since World War II, arising from international treaties and revisions to refugee law, ensure that anyone at a land border or port of entry could apply for asylum, even if not yet on US soil.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4042\">After Supreme Court\u2019s TPS decision, more than a million immigrants face scramble to stay in US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            She said that under the disputed \u201cmetering\u201d practice, federal agents had physically blocked people from crossing in from Mexico. She declared the majority\u2019s interpretation of the relevant statute was \u201cegregiously wrong.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sotomayor, who happened to turn 72 on Thursday, went on for just over 10 minutes, closing with a reference to the light of the Statue of Liberty. During much of her reading, Alito, 76, looked straight out at courtroom spectators. At times he shut his eyes, his hands clasped in front of him.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Group C - Morocco v Haiti - Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. - June 24, 2026\rHaiti's Ricardo Ade applauds fans after the match IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters\/Jordan Godfree     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY\" class=\"wp-image-3998\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4751d8c6b3e37d695577d2b5ba93a0d0.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Soccer Football &#8211; FIFA World Cup 2026 &#8211; Group C &#8211; Morocco v Haiti &#8211; Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. &#8211; June 24, 2026\rHaiti&#8217;s Ricardo Ade applauds fans after the match IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters\/Jordan Godfree     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY     <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jordan Godfree\/Imagn Images\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Haiti\u2019s World Cup run ends with a Supreme Court ruling striking a blow to many fans<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>5  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The courtroom is closed to cameras, so Alito\u2019s expressions through the years have not been caught on tape. (There was a moment, however, in 2010, that was captured on national television. At a State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama\u2019s characterization of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which opened the door to more money from corporations in elections, prompted Alito to mouth \u201cnot true.\u201d Spotted by TV cameras, the response went viral.)\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            None of the current justices make their bench statements public, and all spectators are barred from bringing in any electronic devices. The dramatic tableau of decision days is often witnessed first-hand only by a few journalists, some government lawyers, and visitors fortunate enough to obtain seats in the public section.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It was only when Alito began speaking again, as he was to announce his next case, also an immigration controversy, that it became clear that Sotomayor had caught him off guard. He said he hadn\u2019t known that she would be offering that dissenting bench statement and suggested he would have taken further steps to defend the majority\u2019s position.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the spontaneous remarks that followed, Alito noted that two different administrations had backed the policy of keeping people from crossing the border at overwhelmed ports of entry. (The Obama administration began the practice in 2016, and then the first Trump administration formalized it. The Biden administration rescinded the policy.)\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4054\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f82a533e38a924ab0e63fb064b2e3c14-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f82a533e38a924ab0e63fb064b2e3c14-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f82a533e38a924ab0e63fb064b2e3c14-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f82a533e38a924ab0e63fb064b2e3c14.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Video Ad Feedback<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>2010: Alito disagrees with Obama\n                <\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\n                                        \n        \n            \n            \n        1:03\n                            <\/span>\n<span> \u2022 Source:\n                \n                    CNN\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4055\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1fdd9e85e15a4957ff6fc95d5331145c.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1fdd9e85e15a4957ff6fc95d5331145c.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1fdd9e85e15a4957ff6fc95d5331145c-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>2010: Alito disagrees with Obama<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>        \n        \n            \n            \n        1:03\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Usually, only the justice with the majority opinion reads excerpts. In rare instances, often at the end of June, when the toughest cases are resolved, a dissenting justice is compelled to speak from the bench and draw extra attention to an opposing view.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Justices who plan to make an oral dissent typically let their colleagues know ahead of time. The court did not respond to CNN\u2019s queries on whether Sotomayor had never told Alito what was coming, or whether she did it at the last minute, as they were preparing to ascend the bench.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            To those in the room, it appeared Alito paused enough between the two immigration cases to suggest that, at least, in the moment, he knew she wanted to speak.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sotomayor\u2019s fervor would have been evident during the drafting process. Alito\u2019s opinion was 18 pages. Sotomayor\u2019s was nearly twice that at 35 pages.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In Alito\u2019s writing, he included a line in a footnote that he might have wanted to relate to rapt spectators, to counter Sotomayor\u2019s central claim.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe centerpiece of the principal dissent is an impassioned argument against the administrations\u2019 policy choice,\u201d he wrote, \u201cbut we have neither the ability nor the authority to assess and countermand that choice.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Alito never said that aloud. Rather, after a few words of rebuke to Sotomayor, he said, \u201cI will move on to the next case.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4028\">One week in, what exactly are America and Iran getting from their agreement?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When major rulings are announced, most Supreme Court justices practice a kind of studied impassivity. 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