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Having done its job, the Court now leaves it to the Political Branches of the government, and ultimately to the people who elect those individuals, to decide whether the laws and those executing them continue to reflect their will,
Haines wrote
This case poses significant issues that are deeply interwoven with the constitutional principles upon which this Nation
Haines wrote
This is a bad and dangerous day for America!"
Trump criticized the Supreme Court's action, writing on social media
The circumstances call for a prompt and final resolution, which likely can be provided only by this Court,
he said, agreeing with the majority’s decision
The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do,
he wrote, imagining a circumstance where extended deportation hearings would lead to “bedlam” in the USThe court’s decision to stay removals is a powerful rebuke to the government’s attempt to hurry people away to a Gulag-type prison in El Salvador,
said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights ProjectWe have long held that ‘no person shall be’ removed from the United States ‘without opportunity, at some time, to be heard’,
the court majority wrote in its rulingFrom the Court's order, it is not entirely clear whether the Court has silently decided issues that go beyond the question of interim relief, ... (I ... I certainly hope that it has not.) But if it has done so, today's order is doubly extraordinary."
he wrote, adding
Instead of merely ruling on the application that is before us—which asks for emergency relief pending appeal—the Court takes the unusual step of granting certiorari before judgment, summarily vacating the judgment below dismissing the applicants' appeal, and remanding the case to the Court of Appeals with directions regarding the issues that court should address,
Alito wroteThe Federal Rules do not permit such a shortcut,
Alito wrote, separately noting in his dissentIt has plucked a case from a district court and decided important issues in the first instance. To my eyes, that looks far too much like an expansion of our original jurisdiction,
the dissent said
The Government is enjoined from removing the named plaintiffs or putative class members in this action under the AEA pending order by the Fifth Circuit and disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought,
the high court wrote in its decisionThe 5th Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in the context of removal proceedings. Procedural due process rules are meant to protect” against “the mistaken or unjustified deprivation of life, liberty, or property,
the majority said
Here, the district court’s inaction — not for 42 minutes but for 14 hours and 28 minutes — had the practical effect of refusing an injunction to detainees facing an imminent threat of severe, irreparable harm,
the justices wroteWe recognize the significance of the Government's national security interests as well as the necessity that such interests be pursued in a manner consistent with the Constitution,
the majority wrote
THE SUPREME COURT WON'T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!"
he wrote in a Truth Social postUnder these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster,
the ruling saidTo be clear, we decide today only that the detainees are entitled to more notice than was given on April 18,
their ruling saidThe Court characterizes the District Court's behavior during the period in question as 'inaction,' but in my judgment, that is unfair,
wrote Alito in the dissent joined by ThomasThe bookmakers always think Sweden is going to win Eurovision. This year’s entry is KAJ, with a song about saunas. It’s fun and catchy, but the field’s quite open,
Alex said