"Sotomayor Drops The Ball on Obamacare" And The Shadow Docket

The article uses charged language ('Drops The Ball') to frame Justice Sotomayor's decision critically from a libertarian perspective skeptical of judicial deference. The framing centers a ideologically-coherent dissent against the ACA and shadow docket processes, without representation of counterarguments or Sotomayor's judicial reasoning. The title itself is advocacy-oriented, positioning her action as failure rather than legal judgment.

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• This article does not address the full text of Sotomayor's ruling or her stated legal rationale
• This article does not present arguments from legal scholars or justices defending shadow docket procedures
• This article does not acknowledge the complexity of emergency injunction standards in appellate practice