Absolute insanity. SCOTUS’ conservative majority repeatedly cleared away lower court injunctions so that Trump could implement his immigration agenda. Now it lets a single district court judge dictate foreign policy for the Biden administration. This is beyond outrageous.
https://twitter.com/lawrencehurley/status/1430314819836645376
The big question was always: Are the Supreme Court’s conservatives consistent skeptics of nationwide injunctions against immigration policy, or are they just doing favors for the Trump administration. Now we know the answer. And it’s appalling.
Remember how Thomas and Gorsuch questioned the legitimacy of nationwide injunctions when they were issued against Trump? Their concern appears to have evaporated now that Federalist Society judges are issuing nationwide injunctions against Biden.
I have no idea how the Biden administration can negotiate a revival of Remain in Mexico immediately. No one does. It may be impossible. Set aside the immense suffering that the conservative justices just inflicted on migrants. From a geopolitical standpoint, this is demented.
https://twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/1428833381043802112
This is what we are hurtling toward. But Justice Breyer still wants us to bow in awed silence before the majesty of the Supreme Court.
https://twitter.com/segalmr/status/1430324528366948356
I have very smart lawyer friends who assured me the Supreme Court would not do what it did tonight. That the conservative justices would not leap headfirst into partisan nihilism. They’re in a state of shock right now. This is one of the most lawless things SCOTUS has ever done.
After spending the Trump years insisting that courts must defer to the executive’s foreign policy decisions, the Supreme Court’s conservatives have let a single judge force the Biden administration into diplomatic negotiations with the Mexican government over border policy.
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