BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement "public charge" immigration restriction. Vote is 5-4, with conservatives in the majority
In a concurring opinion joined by Thomas, Gorsuch has a lengthy critique of nationwide injunctions
Gorsuch seems to be referencing Lord of the Rings in describing the nationwide injunction in this case as "an injunction to rule them all" b/c of its broad scope
Supreme Court has lifted nationwide injunction that judge in NY imposed. Other nationwide injunctions had already been lifted on appeal. But a ruling by a judge that imposed an injunction in Illinois only remains in effect, as I understand it
Chief Justice John Roberts, currently presiding over Trump's impeachment trial, was among the five justices who voted in favor of the Trump administration in allow the immigration restriction to go into effect
STORY: U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump's 'public charge' immigration curb reut.rs/36wFlKe @andrew_chung_ @kristinacooke
