Supreme Court Ready to Rule In Favor of Trump on DACA Termination

The Supreme Court had earlier upheld a circuit court ruling that DAPA -- DACA for adults -- was unconstitutional.

Then Trump used an executive order to cancel Barack Obama's previous DACA executive order.

Leftwing activists filed suit, claiming the Something precedent, and obviously a Hawaiian Judge found this argument plausible and issued a, get this, national injunction against the president's use of his executive authority.

Based on the day's oral arguments and questions from the justices, court watchers expect the Supreme Court to uphold Trump's order and end the injunction.

They're even questioning on what basis courts are even presuming to overrule an executive decision to cancel a prior executive decision.

Something we're all wondering.

A closely divided Supreme Court seemed inclined to uphold President Donald Trump’s bid to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program during arguments Tuesday morning.

The high court’s conservative majority appeared to think the administration has provided an adequate basis for ending the policy, and in spaces even wondered if the courts have power to review the dispute.

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"You've got a court of appeals decision affirmed by an equally-divided Supreme Court," Roberts said, in reference to the earlier DAPA case. "Can't he just say that's the basis on which I’m making this decision?"

Apart from concerns about DACA’s legality, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified independent policy reasons for ending the program. He repeatedly challenged lawyers representing left-leaning states and civil rights groups to identify what more the government should have done.

posted by Ace of Spades at 03:20 PM

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