License to Bigot

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” wrote Justice Sotomayor, the first Latina on the Court. “Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.” – Justice Sonia Sotomayor

If you’re struggling to grasp what Justice Sotomayor was warning against in yet another blistering dissent to a truly horrific ruling by the 🤬🤡 Roberts Court, watch the video above. What she describes is already happening.

And now that the Court has given its blessing, this government’s atrocious behavior will only intensify—and will further embolden bigots and self-appointed enforcers like the woman in this video to feel free to harass people simply for looking or sounding a certain way.