The Supreme Court just stripped thousands of immigrants of their right to due process

https://www.vox.com/scotus/417583/supreme-court-convention-torture-deportation-south-sudan-dhs-dvd

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  1. In a [short, one-paragraph order](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1153_l5gm.pdf), the Republican justices ruled on Monday evening that President Donald Trump may effectively nullify a federal law and an international treaty that is supposed to protect immigrants from torture. The Court’s order in [*Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D.*](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1153_l5gm.pdf) does not explain the GOP’s justices’ reasoning, although Justice Sonia Sotomayor responds to their silent decision in a 19-page dissent joined by her two Democratic colleagues.

    The Court’s order is only temporary, and will permit Trump to send immigrants to countries where they may be tortured while the *D.V.D.* case is fully litigated. It is possible that one or more of the Court’s Republicans could reverse course at a later date. But it is hard to know what arguments might persuade them to do so because the justices in the majority did not explain why they decided this case the way they did.

  3. I could post several links to this type of ruling from 1930’s Germany… But that would still not help explain just how bad this is to those wanting this to happen.

  4. If anyone does not have due process, than *no one* has due process.

  7. I don’t know how it’s possible, but we are in the wrong fucking timeline.

  9. so, there’s term for nations that have two separate sets of laws for two separate classes of people. hmmmn, it’s on the tip of my tongue. israel you there? seems like you might know the word i’m thinking of.

  10. 14th amendment doesn’t apply anymore and it’s tragic! VOTE THEM OUT!

  11. It’s weird that they can deport anyone anywhere without proving that they’re guilty of what they are accused of. When might an American have the opportunity to prove that they’re American if they’re caught in a net? 

  12. This story is completely insane, I almost cannot believe this is happening

  13. The president of the United States is using a loophole to send immigrants to countries to be tortured because it hasn’t been to court yet. CRUELTY IS THE POINT. Ugh.

  14. Oh that’s why that  bullshit ceasefire post went out it was to hide this news

  15. Apparently the constitution doesn’t matter anymore.

  16. I guess this what the Iran / Israel distraction was for. Nice job America

  17. So SCOTUS ignores the Constitution too. America has gone to shit.

  18. > Federal law requires that the United States shall not “expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person to a country in which there are substantial grounds for believing the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture.” This statute implements a treaty, known as the Convention Against Torture, which the United States ratified over three decades ago.

    > Trump’s lawyers, however, claim that they uncovered a loophole that permits the Trump administration to bypass these laws, at least with respect to some immigrants.

    And they are happy about it.

    This is once again Donald and his racist regime trying to do everything they can to destroy humans that happen to be brown.

    It’s cowardly, evil, counterproductive, expensive, and sad to witness. Scapegoating immigrants to satisfy ridiculous babies.

    Yay.

  19. America is compromised and corrupt. All the checks and balances are broken.

  21. I know this goes so much further than that, but as a Canadian, I think you can pretty well say goodbye to your tourism industry…

  22. The descent into fascism is not the government yelling “Hey we’re fascist now!” It is stuff like this where eventually, all your rights are gone and the supporters of it along the way are left wondering what happened (and why it affects them too).

  23. Misleading title.

    The Supreme Court just stripped literally everyone of their right to due process.

    Because if you don’t have due process, then the people who want to arrest you don’t have to prove that you’re a citizen. It doesn’t matter if you’re an immigrant, if you were born here, or if your family has been here for centuries. You won’t be given the opportunity to prove it.

  24. When there is no due process for the abducted how do you plan on proving your citizenship when they snatch you up?

  25. General strike. We all go down together. And rise like a Phoenix.

  26. Everyday, we lose just a little bit more of what is considered to be American. If they can pick a person off the street, from a business, or church and transport them to another country without due process, what’s stopping them from doing it to YOU?!

  27. History will show that Justice Roberts was a psychopath.

  28. This is brought to you by the Federalist society. To hell with these rich pigs.

  29. I checked out this antiquated old document today in the New York Public Library called the Bill of Rights. Amazing to see something that used to mean something now reduced to a fading piece of ancient history.

  30. >In a short, one-paragraph order, the Republican justices ruled on Monday evening that President Donald Trump may effectively nullify a federal law and an international treaty that is supposed to protect immigrants from torture. The Court’s order in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. does not explain the GOP’s justices’ reasoning, although Justice Sonia Sotomayor responds to their silent decision in a 19-page dissent joined by her two Democratic colleagues.

    I’m personally not surprised that the SCOTUS’s Republican/Conservative judges are pro-torture.

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