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Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Arguments on Border Wall, Asylum Policy (paywall)
The Wall Street Journal ^ | February 1, 2021 | Brent Kendall

Posted on 02/01/2021 6:08:11 PM PST by KingofZion

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to cancel coming oral arguments on two pillars of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, construction of a wall along the southern U.S. border and the “Remain in Mexico” program that barred U.S. entry to many asylum applicants while their cases were considered.

The filings are among the first of many the Justice Department is expected to make as the Biden administration changes direction on immigration, LGBT protections, voting rights, the Affordable Care Act and other policies.

In both cases, acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who represents the federal government at the Supreme Court, cited first-day actions of the Biden administration.

On Jan. 20, President Biden terminated the emergency Mr. Trump declared along the southern border, an action the previous administration argued allowed it to pull money Congress had allocated to other projects for construction of the wall, which lawmakers had refused to fund. Lower courts found the Trump administration exceeded its authority, but the Supreme Court’s conservative majority allowed the reallocations to continue and construction to proceed while appeals were pending.

In the asylum case, Ms. Prelogar cited a Jan. 20 directive from the acting secretary of homeland security, David Pekoske, suspending new enrollment in the asylum program, which formally is called the Migrant Protection Protocols.

Arguments in the wall case are scheduled for Feb. 22, while the justices on March 1 are set to review the Trump administration policy that required asylum seekers at the border to wait in Mexico while their requests are considered.

Lower courts ruled that the asylum policy and some of the border wall’s funding were unlawful, prompting appeals from the Trump administration. If the Biden administration ultimately drops the appeals, as expected, the lower court decisions will remain in force.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; bidenscotus; border; davidpekoske; elizabethprelogar; immigration; scotus; wall
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Doing his best to circumvent the conservatives on SCOTUS
1 posted on 02/01/2021 6:08:11 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: KingofZion

What a travesty the Biden administration is. The globalist want this country to fall.


2 posted on 02/01/2021 6:11:06 PM PST by White Lives Matter
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To: KingofZion

I dunno? Anyone check with Emmet Sullivan to see if its ok?


3 posted on 02/01/2021 6:11:43 PM PST by blackdog (It's a good day to go Ceaucescu. )
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To: KingofZion

https://archive.vn/LuNDw


4 posted on 02/01/2021 6:11:46 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: KingofZion

Why even ask? Prez Asterisk should just do it himself, and save us all this nonsense. The rule of law has been suspended in the United States of America, so what use is a Supreme Court? C’mon Joe! Get with it~!


5 posted on 02/01/2021 6:12:23 PM PST by Richard Axtell (President Asterisk is an ass to risk the economy and rights of all Americans.)
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To: KingofZion

The Roberts court is not conservative.


6 posted on 02/01/2021 6:13:09 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: KingofZion

When the SCOTUS buckles, and they will, tens of thousands of Patriots should “camp” out along the Southern Boarder as deterrents. Let Bimentia and Heels up Harris Come out and play”


7 posted on 02/01/2021 6:16:34 PM PST by DAC21
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To: KingofZion
One EO does not erase a previous EO on a "because I said so". There has to be a compelling reason. We've been here before as related to DACA.

Will certainly watch this play out.

8 posted on 02/01/2021 6:18:05 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: KingofZion

What ever happened to a “speedy trial”?


9 posted on 02/01/2021 6:18:20 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: DAC21
tens of thousands of Patriots should “camp” out along the Southern Boarder as deterrents

They would be labeled domestic terrorist and dealt with accordingly.
10 posted on 02/01/2021 6:19:27 PM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“The Roberts court is not conservative.”

It’s largely seditious if not traitorous.


11 posted on 02/01/2021 6:19:35 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: KingofZion

What is this, “cancel arguments”?


12 posted on 02/01/2021 6:19:45 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: White Lives Matter

When this clown car falls from it’s own occupants weight of stupidity it ain’t gonna be pretty folks. When that moment comes, I hope people realize the corrupt cartel called “ U.S. Representatives” and the pit bull agencies they feed, gets a keel hauling overhaul.


13 posted on 02/01/2021 6:19:46 PM PST by blackdog (It's a good day to go Ceaucescu. )
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To: Richard Axtell
The rule of law has been suspended in the United States of America

It was suspended by Roberts and his 3 fellow "conservative" flunkies.

14 posted on 02/01/2021 6:20:17 PM PST by AndyJackson
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Proclamation on the Termination Of Emergency With Respect To The Southern Border Of The United States And Redirection Of Funds Diverted To Border Wall Construction 

JANUARY 20, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), hereby declare that the national emergency declared by Proclamation 9844, and continued on February 13, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 8715), and January 15, 2021, is terminated and that the authorities invoked in that proclamation will no longer be used to construct a wall at the southern border. I hereby further direct as follows:

Section 1. Pause in Construction and Obligation of Funds. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall direct the appropriate officials within their respective departments to:

(i) pause work on each construction project on the southern border wall, to the extent permitted by law, as soon as possible but in no case later than seven days from the date of this proclamation, to permit:

...... and more at the link

15 posted on 02/01/2021 6:20:52 PM PST by deport
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To: KingofZion

“....the conservatives on SCOTUS”

There are but two. [And you know who they are.]


16 posted on 02/01/2021 6:20:54 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: KingofZion

“Death to America,” Joe added.


17 posted on 02/01/2021 6:24:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Another thread on the subject

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3930875/posts


18 posted on 02/01/2021 6:24:30 PM PST by deport
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To: JoSixChip

“They would be labeled domestic terrorist and dealt with accordingly’

Conflict is going to happen. Might as get it on.


19 posted on 02/01/2021 6:26:57 PM PST by DAC21
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To: DAC21

Helicopters and A-10s?


20 posted on 02/01/2021 6:30:02 PM PST by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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