Summary
First, it acted with startling speed—so quickly, in fact, that it published the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent; he was forced to note only that a “statement” would “follow.”
Relatedly, awkward phrasing in court’s order may imply that Alito—who first received the plaintiffs’ request—failed to refer it to the full court, as is custom, compelling the other justices to rip the case away from him.
Second, it is plain as day that the Supreme Court simply did not trust the Trump administration’s claims that it would not deport migrants over the weekend without due process.
Finally, and perhaps most obviously, it’s critical that only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents. When the court takes emergency action, justices don’t have to note their votes, but they usually do; we can probably assume that this order was 7–2. That would mean that Chief Justice John Roberts—along Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—joined this rebuke to the Trump administration.
It then gave these migrants “notices,” in English only, declaring that they would be deported immediately, without stating that they could contest their deportations in court.
Suddenly the executive order that English is the official language of the United States became a lot more clear in it’s purpose.
Thomas and Alito still being complete Trump puppets
They are criminally corrupt, and deserve to spend life in prison. The fact these whores sit atop the highest court shows how much of a banana republic kleptocracy the USA is.
It is kind of surprising that all three of the trump-appointed justices went along with the opinion. They’re no heroes by any means, but I’m still relieved when they decide to do the bare minimum. Really, it just shows how depraved Thomas and Alito are.
My gut thought, is they both had all of their dirty laundry aired during their confirmations, and haven’t been in long enough to really break too many laws. Thomas and Alito are as dirty as they come and have nothing to lose trying to protect themselves. They’re at different parts of their careers, and T and A have skeletons.
Honestly, if they and people in government had done the bare minimum to uphold the law, much of this would not have happened. This administration has been working in legal gray areas since day one. I recently learned of the phrase “state of exception” and it fits a lot of what they’re doing and how they’re doing it.
It’s all Clarence knows. He couldn’t practice law if he wanted to.
Wasn’t he a judge for barely a year before getting appointed? Then for three decades he just agreed with whatever evil shit Scalia said. He really might not know how to be a judge.
He was a questionable pick back then, from my memory the Dem Senate grilled him so hard for his personal life that he hit the bench with a vindetta and has never made a good judicial decision in 3 decades. I believe he was also a hand pick from the heritage foundation, so he came with a TON of baggage and has always been this way as far I can remember. I’m no court scholar I just know Clarence Thomas is an asshole.
Why not? Those
bribesgratuities don’t pay themselves, you know…
The fact that they rushed their decision before Alito’s dissent is amazing. They knew that Alito could take his time writing it, giving HitlerPig cover to keep deporting while this decision remained buried. Instead, they basically said Fuck You to his attempt to collude with the Nazis. It was a direct slap in the face by 7 of his colleagues.
A federal judge in the Southern District of Texas had already blocked their removal—but the government sought to evade this order by busing the migrants into the Northern District of Texas, where the restraining order would not apply.
Judge: You may not deport these people until this case is decided.
DoJ/ICE: *busses people out of judge’s district* Fuck you, libtard.
This piece of shit Alito actually wrote this in his dissent, presumably with a straight face: “The papers before us, while alleging that the appli- cants were in imminent danger of removal, provided little concrete support for that allegation.”
I’ll believe that this was effective when it’s actually confirmed that orangeboi and DoJ + ICE did not in fact, ignore the order. My assumption at this point is that they will do it anyways.
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He has to wait
Does he though?
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Sounds like the Supreme Court has been overly stressed of late and making poor decisions. I know of a cozy little retreat down in El Salvador in which they can get some R&R and a fresh perspective.
