The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court said Friday.

Alito bit back after Sotomayor criticized his opinion giving the Trump administration more power to turn back asylum-seekers at the southern border.

Justice Samuel Alito gave a terse response to Justice Sonia Sotomayor after she read her full dissent from the bench in a major asylum case ruling.

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 highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative…

The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor's spoken dissent seemed to come as a surprise for Justice Samuel Alito, who responded extemporaneously to it...