WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to end legal protections for young immigrants.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1315455
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1315455
Hahahahahaha…
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5-4 decision. Chief Justice John Roberts is again the deciding vote.
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Trump loses again and has an unexpected bowel movement.
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Lou Dobbs etal are gonna be flippin’ their lids…and what will TUCKER say???
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SCOTUS appears to be actively attempting to k#ll the Preznit via stroke and/or rage-induced heart attack. Even Roberts has noticed the danger to the Republic!
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What wonderful news for those kids, their families, and human beings in general.
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Roberts wrote the opinion. I haven’t read it yet, but wow.
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How’s my furrowed eyebrow look of thoughtful concern looking?
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As someone who believes that public opinion shapes the Supreme Court (imagine Obergfell being decided in 2005 v 2015), this decision is consistent with that theory. Legal immigration and DACA are popular, and have become more popular in the Trump era. Trump won the travel ban b/c his DOJ lawyers cast it as a response to ‘terrorism’ from Muslim immigrants and visitors. That issue is more ‘popular’ in a political sense for a Republican.
The other thing playing into the recent decisions is Trump’s declining popularity. Society has coalesced around a set of values that aren’t very Trumpy and there is societal push back against him at every level. The court is nodding to that. At the end of the day courts decide where the line is between governmental action and individual freedom of action. Where the issue is in a grey area they can step on the scale on one side or the other. However, they can’t run too far afield of where public opinion is in order to maintain legitimacy and to avoid a backlash when the opposite party comes into power.
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A lot of people I am close to will cry tears of Joy.
I must admit, this was a bugaboo of mine.
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Hope you are right, I all in…
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Someone on the USSC is afraid of the judgement of History.
The new mindset seems to be ‘I will not be the new Dred Scott’.
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So Roberts really does look at election forecasts. Maybe I was too cynical.
'course, can’t have too much cynicism nowadays.
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No such thing.
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I listened to a story the other night that said if SCOTUS ruled for Trump 27,000 healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, therapists, etc would be immediately subject to deportation proceedings. In the midst of a pandemic.
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" Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort To End DACA"
Stephen Miller your up.
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He understands that if the SCOTUS conservatives continue to rubber stamps Trump’s desires, they will find themselves in the minority come next year, and somebody else might get designated Chief Justice.
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