The Orange-Haired Wonder (who never met a border wall he didn't like, nor a tired, poor, huddled mass, yearning to breathe free, that he actually liked) won a victory at the Supreme Court yesterday regarding his latest federal travel ban (the third version), which it completely reinstated, allowing it to take full and immediate effect.This was on a vote of 7-2, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth "The Notorious RBG" Bader Ginsburg dissenting. The terse 150-word order differed greatly in length from a 13-page decision rendered by the Court on an earlier travel ban.
News reports say that the federal judge in Hawaii -- Derrick Watson -- who twice before issued injunctions against previous versions of the travel ban, has pronounced the Supreme Court null and void, and hereby dissolved.
Okay, I made that last part up. ;-)
The Supremes, in looking at the case, decided not to allow injunctions issued by the Hawaii federal judge along with that of another federal judge in Maryland, to remain in effect while higher-level circuit courts (the 4th and the 9th) -- and possibly the Supreme Court itself -- decide on Travel Ban 3.0's merits.
In voting to allow the full ban to proceed in force and in voting strongly in favor of reinstatement (7-2) the Court appears to have tipped its hand as to its belief that the ban will most likely pass constitutional muster. It also sent a strong message to the two circuit courts as to what their own dispositions ought to be, in directing both courts to proceed with dispatch in issuing their decisions. Those two courts were set to hear arguments on December 6th and 8th.
The Supreme Court Tips its Hand on Travel Ban 3.0 - Lawfare
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
News reports say that the federal judge in Hawaii -- Derrick Watson -- who twice before issued injunctions against previous versions of the travel ban, has pronounced the Supreme Court null and void, and hereby dissolved.
Okay, I made that last part up. ;-)
The Supremes, in looking at the case, decided not to allow injunctions issued by the Hawaii federal judge along with that of another federal judge in Maryland, to remain in effect while higher-level circuit courts (the 4th and the 9th) -- and possibly the Supreme Court itself -- decide on Travel Ban 3.0's merits.
In voting to allow the full ban to proceed in force and in voting strongly in favor of reinstatement (7-2) the Court appears to have tipped its hand as to its belief that the ban will most likely pass constitutional muster. It also sent a strong message to the two circuit courts as to what their own dispositions ought to be, in directing both courts to proceed with dispatch in issuing their decisions. Those two courts were set to hear arguments on December 6th and 8th.
The Supreme Court Tips its Hand on Travel Ban 3.0 - Lawfare
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."