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“One other thing I’d mention is the justices did this in a very brief order. The only three justices who protested this and said they would have granted the Biden administration’s request were the three liberal justices. So this was definitely one that broke along familiar ideological lines, but the only thing they wrote in that short order was a reference to a ruling that they had issued last year in President Trump’s DACA policy, the Dreamers program,” Biskupic said.
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Biskupic answered “I think it’s all in what someone can argue, the eye of the conservative beholder here.”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a court order requiring the Biden administration to reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy. This policy originally required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while awaiting court hearings to determine their eligibility and status. The final vote was 6-3 with Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Breyer dissenting.
