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To: rarestia

From the Scotusblog:
Argument preview: A big, or not so big, ruling due on immigration

By Lyle Denniston on Apr 11, 2016 at 9:07 am

Analysis

When the Supreme Court in mid-January agreed to review the legality of President Barack Obama’s ambitious new policy for delaying the deportation of nearly five million undocumented immigrants, the Justices enlarged the case into a major constitutional test. But, with eight Justices now on the bench, the Court could find itself having to decide it on a narrower, yet still historically important, constitutional basis.

Next Monday, April 18, the Court will hold ninety minutes of oral argument on United States v. Texas, with the review coming coincidentally in the midst of a presidential election campaign in which immigration policy is one of the dominant issues being argued before the voters. When the Court decides, by summer, its ruling could play a direct part in presidential politics, even if the Court does not intend to have any influence on voters. The case is thus deeply immersed in politics, yet the Justices will try to decide it on purely legal grounds.


11 posted on 04/11/2016 3:45:02 PM PDT by Elderberry
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To: Elderberry

Thank you!


16 posted on 04/11/2016 3:51:07 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Elderberry
The case is thus deeply immersed in politics, yet the Justices will try to decide it on purely legal grounds.

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAA.

As if these black-robed idiots, especially the leftists, know or care about differences between politics and the constitutional interpretation.

28 posted on 04/11/2016 4:34:27 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: Elderberry

“yet the Justices will try to decide it on purely legal grounds.”

Fat Chance the Liberal members of the court will do so.


35 posted on 04/11/2016 5:43:01 PM PDT by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: Elderberry

They absolutely will do nothing but rule on politics alone.


36 posted on 04/12/2016 2:18:20 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Trump/Johnson Libertarian Party 2016!!)
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