Roberts, Gorsuch join liberal justices in Supreme Court immigration ruling
https://www.newsweek.com/roberts-gorsuch-join-liberal-justices-supreme-court-immigration-ruling-2062671
Roberts, Gorsuch join liberal justices in Supreme Court immigration ruling
https://www.newsweek.com/roberts-gorsuch-join-liberal-justices-supreme-court-immigration-ruling-2062671
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By Gabe Whisnant — Breaking News Editor |
In a narrow 5-4 decision on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who agree to leave the U.S. voluntarily are entitled to deadline flexibility when the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday.
The ruling came in the case of Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velázquez, a Mexican national who entered the country illegally as a teenager and lived in Colorado for nearly 20 years before receiving a removal order in 2021. The case was argued in November 2024, shortly after President Donald Trump’s re-election and amid a renewed focus on immigration enforcement.
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Who puts deadlines on weekends? There are a plethora of formulae and algorithm that skips weekends and holidays for you. Or maybe just rule them all as number of business days to make things simpler for everyone?
Kind of like asking your dad for your allowance and the car keys four days after calling him a weak old man and challenging him to a fist fight.
Gonna be a long summer living under _this_ roof, skipper.
It’s just so concerning to think that even after living here for years, I mean, decades, in some cases, folks are still facing these inflexible departure deadlines, and shouldn’t we be looking into ways to offer more consistent application of the law, especially when we see that Justice Gorsuch, alongside Chief Justice Roberts and the other liberal justices, really emphasized the importance of standard legal principles, and really, it’s a point to consider given the fact that Justice Gorsuch, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices, acknowledged the importance of standard legal principles.
It’s deeply concerning to see even something as minor as extending deadlines for deportation proceedings met with this level of legal maneuvering, because Justice Gorsuch, alongside Roberts and the liberal justices, actually wrote the majority opinion stating that standard legal principles apply to extend the deadline, which, honestly, makes you wonder whether this ruling is truly representative of progress, or just another calculated move in a much larger, more complicated game, especially given the larger context of renewed immigration enforcement under the current administration, and, you know, I guess it’s just another reminder of how even the smallest details can have huge consequences.
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Here’s your token win for this High Court session, Libs.
On the plus side, this Alito guy will forever be remembered as a corrupt toxic pile of human garbage and once he’s gone he will leave a grave very worthy of pissing on and vandalizing.
Thomas and Alito wouldn’t rule against their sugar daddy Trump if their lives depended on it.
So, it was Gorsuch’s turn to vote with the liberals in an effort to “prove” SCOTUS was not politically divided.
This is good news.
The matter isn’t a deportation proceeding, it is a cooling-off period for voluntarily leaving the country. The decision means that the subject can’t be rushed; the government has to wait until the next legal business day in case the deportee has reservations and wants to consult a lawyer.
Time for the liberal justices to call out cowardice of the conservatives for ushering in an end to the rule of law.
FUCK THOMAS AND ALITO, nothing more than traitors who have failed to fulfil the oaths they took
That this case made it all the way to the Supreme Court says a lot about the level of pettiness Republicans want displayed toward people who are already leaving the country.
I love how Alito keeps falling back on somebody else should’ve made this decision instead of us
Not going to lie, its a surprise to me that the Honorable “Truckers should be fired for not choosing to freeze to death in their stuck company trucks” Judge Gorsuch ruled this way. Maybe theres some kind of legal jujitsu a normal peasant like me doesnt see here.
Coney-Barrett has been surprisingly thoughtful with her decisions since Trump took over, but this is where she draws the line…?
Thats a max 2 day extension lol, why does this even need a supreme court decision?
I love how the conservative justices, save for Thomas and Alito, all take turns to act like they are against these things.
It’s so easy to tell how BS these decisions are. They’re trying so hard to save themselves by acting like they “reach across the aisle” (but in judicial terms), all while continuing to allow the president to ignore the law like it’s no big deal.
Even their own decisions are being ignored, and they don’t do a damn thing.
Roberts will be remembered as a tool, but I do love that all three of Trump’s appointees have been telling him just where to stick his power grab attempts.
My gawd, could this site have any more disrupter ads?
It gives some flexibility for immigrants to seek council on a business day if they choose. This seems to favor due process.
It’s so American to draw the line on convenience.
The guy entered and stayed illegally. Just because he lived 20 years doesn’t make him entitled to citizenship. Extending the deadline till the next business day makes sense but all these other commenters acting like deporting him was wrong are insane. He’s literally breaking the law every single moment of his US stay
If this guy can drive a nail with a hammer, please come to Canada. I’d gladly send a fake student home in exchange for him.
I’m sure the midday shift doing Uber Eats will survive.
I’m surprised Alito didn’t join cuz he was so salty abt the Good Friday late night call.
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