Originally published at: SCOTUS Lets Trump End Protected Status for Endangered Syrian and Haitian Refugees - TPM – Talking Points Memo
The Supreme Court’s right-wing majority ruled Thursday that courts cannot review the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for refugees fleeing particularly dangerous countries. In effect, this means that thousands of Haitian and Syrian refugees can, and likely will, be sent back to places so dangerous that, in Haiti’s case, the…
America the beacon of freedom and democracy? Ha!
Great way to celebrate the 250th.
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From the ruling
Held:
- The TPS statute bars judicial review of non-constitutional claims.
Pp. 12–18.
(a) Section 1254a(b)(5)(A) provides that “[t]here is no judicial review
of any determination of the [Secretary of Homeland Security] with re-
spect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation,
of a foreign state.” The term “determination” may mean either an in-
dividual decision or the process leading to a decision. Under either
understanding, §1254a(b)(5)(A) bars all of respondents’ non-constitu-
tional claims. Further, the phrase “with respect to” “generally has a
broadening effect, ensuring that the scope of a provision covers not
only its subject but also matters relating to that subject.” Patel v. Gar-
land, 596 U. S. 328, 339 (internal quotation marks omitted). Pp. 12–
So because she “consulted” with another department, judicial review is impermissible? The comments regarding the consultation were that she and/or one of her minions sent emails and received a “laconic” reply, so she met the regulations that bar judicial review. Am I reading that right?
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I do not believe in a vengeful and retributive hell as an after life.
But I do wonder what it would be if it did exist for Alito and the other conservative SCOTUS justices.
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Such a hateful country we live in now! Sad.
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poverty and deprivation are no reflection on character
Neither is wealth and privilege.
However, lying and cheating one’s way onto a court does.
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I have a whole lot of whiskey saved up for reading some much-anticipated obituaries. (Yeah I know, let’s wait until 2029…)
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But first, some well-deserved jail time.
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How would Alito have described the passengers on the “Voyage of the Damned”. The German ocean liner MS St. Louis in 1939 which contained passengers who were fleeing Nazi persecution and sought asylum in the United States. Post WWII asylum laws were based on this incident because enough people were shamed about our response to what was occurring in Europe.
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They and Pete Hegseth believe that God loves them more than the rest of us, since they are the only ones who practice God’s true religion.
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If there is a Hell, then I think Alito other Trump conservatives, whether they’re SCOTUS justices or not, would welcome their corner of Hell that keeps them away from the riff-raff.
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Respectfully, I don’t want to weigh in on that crock of shit right now.
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At least Chief Justice Roger B. Taney had the courage to admit that “(Negros) had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” He was a racist piece of sh*t, but an honest one.
The 5 white Supremist (and one house negro. Here’s looking at you Thomas) are cowardly racist who swear on a stack of (insert prefered religious or other book) that their decisions are race neutral. Yeah right.