Supreme Court backs Trump over speech limits on immigration judges

Just the News ^ | 5/26/26 | By Ben Whedon

[CFW]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Trump administration a win by reversing a lower court ruling against a requirement that immigration judges seek official approval before giving speeches in their official capacities.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals last year intervened in light of President Donald Trump's firing of several agency heads responsible for hearing complaints, Reuters reported. The policy stems from the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees roughly 750 immigration judges.

The justices did not rule on the merits of the case, but merely reversed the lower court decision and sent it back for additional proceedings.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: immigration; judges; scotus; speech

[CFW]

SCOTUS didn't issue any opinions today, but it did release a few Orders.

This is one of them.

Scroll down to page 6 at the link below for the court's per curiam decision.

Order list

We have an Opinion day on Thursday. I'll do the usual thread that morning.

[Dr. Franklin]

So they can still give them in their personal capacity. This is just a technicality.

[newzjunkey]

Ben Whedon needs an editor

[CFW]

Ben Whedon needs an editor

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He does, doesn’t he?

(I do as well sometimes, but I don’t do this for a living.)

[proxy_user]

I think this means giving speeches about immigration issues. If you want to speak about Roman history or antique cars, yes, that’s allowed.

[CFW]

This is a very interesting sentence in the order.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Deport the Dipstick Court Sewage “Judges” before they totally destroy America!

[lastchance]

I don’t think there was a question about what judge’s could say in their personal capacity.