Posted on 12/18/2020 7:30:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The United States Supreme Court on Friday, by a vote of 6-3, said an effort to block President Donald Trump from excluding undocumented immigrants from a key Census count was "premature," effectively allowing the administration to move forward with its plans even as the justices left the door open to future challenges.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Slightly misleading headline from ABC. They just can’t get themselves to report anything that leans toward President Trump.
CBS radio bulletins left the same impression: Trump lost !
Slime media.
Goebbels the headline writer.
Why did ABC craft a headline to make it appear a hit against Trump when it was actually a win for him?
The problem with the left complaining about this is that they have to “prove” that they were harmed by this Trump directive. Estimates of the number of illegals have ranged from 10 million to well over 20 million. If one doesn’t know how many illegals there are, one can’t say how the left were harmed.
The high court said it was too soon to rule on the legality of Trump’s plan because it’s not yet clear how many people he would seek to exclude and whether the division of House seats would be affected.
The Headline does not match the story
They punted knowing if Biden cheats his way in, he’ll reverse the policy anyway
I think this USSC will punt/deny/strike down everything while Trump is POTUS.
You can read the Court’s opinion (and the dissent of Stephen Breyer) here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-366_7647.pdf
The Court ruled that the state of New York did not have standing to bring the lawsuit when it did, as the Census had not been completed, and as a result New York had not (yet) suffered any injury as of yet and the case is not “ripe”.
The three liberals dissented through Justice Breyer, arguing that New York basically suffered an injury the moment PDJT had indicated that he wanted to eliminate non-citizens from the census.
As I read this, once the Census is formally released, and the loss by New York of one or more seats in the House is made public, New York would be free to refile its suit.
They didn’t “punt”. They correctly ruled that, as of this point, the state of New York, the plaintiff in this matter, had not yet suffered any injury, and therefore did not have standing; this is because the matter had not yet become a justiciable case or controversy.
Did John Roberts yell that there would be riots? .... again.
The SCOTUS could be "punting" until the next (they hope Biden) administration comes in and changes the rule to allow for counting of illegals.
At the end of the day, the standing and ripeness inquiries both lead to the conclusion that judicial resolution of this dispute is premature. Consistent with our determination that standing has not been shown and that the case is not ripe, we express no view on the merits of the constitutional and related statutory claims presented. We hold only that they are not suitable for adjudication at this time. The judgment of the District Court is vacated, and the case is remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
It is so ordered.
Bottom line, the court is once again hiding behind 'standing' and 'ripeness'. The court has become completely dysfunctional in it's efforts to avoid anything with political implications. Roberts is a crappy chief justice.
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