Supreme Court allows Trump asylum restrictions to take effect, ending 9th Circuit injunctions
In a major win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order late Wednesday ending all injunctions that had blocked the White House’s ban on asylum for anyone trying to enter the U.S. by traveling through a third country, such as Mexico, without seeking protection there.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – long a liberal bastion that has been aggressively reshaped into a more moderate court by the Trump administration – handed the White House a partial victory in the case on Monday by ending the nationwide injunction against the asylum policy. However, the 9th Circuit kept the injunction alive within the territorial boundaries of the circuit, which encompasses California, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, Guam, Oregon and Washington.
The Supreme Court’s order was not a final ruling on the policy’s merits but does allow the policy to take effect nationwide, including in the 9th Circuit, while the case makes its way through the lower courts.
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The legal challenge to the new policy has a brief but somewhat convoluted history. Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco blocked the new policy from taking effect in late July. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed Tigar’s order so that it effectively applied only in Arizona and California, states that are within the 9th Circuit.
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Only Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented.
“Once again the Executive Branch has issued a rule that seeks to upend longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution,” Sotomayor and Ginsburg wrote.
7-2 decision I guess the 2 liberal ignoramuses think Judges are a superior branch of government, that 1 judge can set immigration law.
Id rather read a statement from one of the sane 7.
@kitt:
“Longstanding practices” can be wrong. Just because someone had one something for a long time doesn’t make it law. It has also been carried out by liberals. I can’t imagine the stupidity of a Supreme Court Justice that would honestly believe simply getting away with something makes it lawful.
Ever notice how the people fleeing on oncoming hurricane hitting Florida don’t drive all the way to California? When their goal is to merely escape danger, they go only as far as is necessary to reach safety because they intend to return to their homes. The vast majority of those seeking asylum are merely immigrating. They want a better life, sure… understandable. But we have laws that prevent chaos. We are overwhelmed with illegal immigrants and the burden the put on the American taxpayer.
This decision is nothing but common sense.
Soda Moron and Gin Boogers yeah leave it to a couple of liberal actvists judges like these two screwballs its no wonder Liberal Democrats opposed Clerence Thomas a good honest Judge the victim of Anita Hill and her lies