# A day after Alito's testy response to Sotomayor's dissent, court says it was a 'misunderstanding'

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Podcast: [All Things Considered](https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-things-considered-1709162)
Published: 2026-06-26T21:18:04+00:00
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During Supreme Court opinions Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in an asylum case, appeared to rebut Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote the dissent. The move was highly unusual — and on Friday there was a coda.

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