Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration on asylum
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major win in a 6-3 ruling that lets immigration officials turn away migrants who have not yet set foot inside the United States and then claim asylum. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, and his logic was plain enough that even the legal word games could not hide it: in ordinary speech, a person does not “arrive in” a place before entering it. That kind of common-sense reading is exactly what many Americans expect from the Court, even if the left keeps pretending the law should be rewritten by wishful thinking and activist vibes.
Sotomayor read a long dissent from the bench
Justice Sonia Sotomayor strongly disagreed and called the ruling “egregious” and “illogical” in a dissent that stretched 35 pages, nearly twice the length of Alito’s majority opinion. She read part of her dissent from the bench, a move that is rare enough to catch attention and unusual enough to make court watchers sit up straight. According to the report, her comments also delayed a ruling involving temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians. When a justice feels the need to lecture the room that long, it usually means the law lost and the performance instinct kicked in hard.
Alito answers back in a rare courtroom moment
After Sotomayor finished, Alito gave an impromptu response that stood out because Supreme Court justices do not usually trade public elbows like cable news panelists. He said he would have added much more after hearing how long his colleague’s remarks were, and he pointed out that the policy at issue had been used by two different administrations to handle surges in an orderly and humane way. Court observers called the exchange highly unusual, which is court-speak for “that does not happen every day.” The whole episode gave a clear look at the divide on the bench, with one side leaning on common legal meaning and the other leaning on a full-page emotional protest.
Justice Alito is known for his short opinion readings and his response to Sotomayor's scathing dissent, which called the opinion "egregious" and "illogical," is rare.
— Katie Buehler (@bykatiebuehler) June 25, 2026
Sotomayor's dissent on the Mullins case (whether the government can systemically turn away asylum-seekers) is 35 pages long.
— Maddy Sperling (@maddysperl) June 25, 2026
Sotomayor is reading her dissent in Mullin; hence, the delay on next ruling.
— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) June 25, 2026
In a highly unusual moment at the Supreme Court, Justice Alito gave an impromptu response to Justice Sotomayor from the bench after she read her dissent from his majority opinion in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) June 25, 2026
As @AHoweBlogger from SCOTUSBlog observed, Justice Alito said there was "much that [he] would have added" to his statement from the bench, and he noted that the policy was used "by two different administrations as a way of dealing with surges" in "an orderly and humane manner."
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) June 25, 2026
In a highly unusual move, Alito added commentary after Sotomayor read her dissent in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado
He said there "was much he would have added" if he had known Sotomayor was going to read her dissent from the bench https://t.co/tyVce01t5U https://t.co/5x2rHkMgHF
— Kelsey Reichmann (@KelseyReichmann) June 25, 2026
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