[Condor51]

"Both Alito and Scalia's views of sovereign immunity trumped their deference to democratic decision-making."

Lemme see, I think I need to put on my secret decoder ring?!?

Sovereign immunity = Constitution
Democratic decision-making = Congress

Now to rewrite the decoded message:

Both Alito and Scalia's views of the Constitution trumped their deference to Congress."

I fail to see a problem here, Congress 'ain't' always correct. After all, ts not like they've never passed unconstitutional laws (Hi John McCain).

[absolootezer0]

Both Alito and Scalia's views of the Constitution trumped their deference to Congress."

isn't that the whole point of HAVING a supreme court? to overrule unconstitutional laws passed by congress?