德州訴賓州案

反對的大法官意見

Justice Alito, joined by Justice Thomas, disagreed with the ruling denying leave to file a bill of complaint, but did not otherwise find for the plaintiffs. He wrote that the Court is duty-bound to hear the case, referencing Thomas's dissent in Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ (Feb. 24, 2020):

In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction ... I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.^[11]

再舉一個州里的，密州Costantino v. Detroit案

辦案法官VIVIANO寫了長長的反對意見。見 court order

精英都有疑問，老百姓怎麼就不能有了? 我就是贊同少數派的意見，怎麼就是十惡不赦了？民主的原則是遵從多數，但是多數真應該好好看看少數的意見，看看有什麼可以改進的地方，而不是我贏了，完了，你們都閉嘴。因為下次少數也可能變成多數。