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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJustice Sotomayor: Conservatives on Supreme Court Biased Towards Trump Admin
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/sotomayor-trump-wealth-test-bias-dissent.htmlTrumps wealth test marks a brazen attempt to limit legal immigration by forcing immigrants to prove their financial status to enter, or remain in, the United States. It goes far beyond any statute passed by Congress, forcing immigrants to demonstrate that they will be not a public chargethat is, they wont rely on any public assistance, including Medicaid, housing vouchers, and food stamps. Because the policy departs so dramatically from federal law, several courts blocked its implementation in 2019. In January, however, the Supreme Court allowed the wealth test to take effect over the dissent of all four liberals. The majority did not explain its reasoning. But Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote a concurrence complaining that a district court had blocked it across the country, decrying the rise of nationwide injunctions.
But the Supreme Courts conservatives repeatedly accept the DOJs declarations of an emergency, giving Donald Trump whatever he wants.
This practice, Sotomayor wrote, has benefited one litigant over all others: the Trump administration. And the injustice of this favoritism is especially painful in light of the courts recent refusal to halt unconstitutional executions. This Court often permits executionswhere the risk of irreparable harm is the loss of lifeto proceed, Sotomayor noted, blaming death row inmates for their ostensible failure to raise any potentially meritorious claims in a timely manner. She concluded:
Yet the Courts concerns over quick decisions wither when prodded by the Government in far less compelling circumstanceswhere the Government itself chose to wait to seek relief, and where its claimed harm is continuation of a 20-year status quo in one State. I fear that this disparity in treatment erodes the fair and balanced decisionmaking process that this Court must strive to protect.
Put simply: When some of the most despised and powerless among us ask the Supreme Court to spare their lives, the conservative justices turn a cold shoulder. When the Trump administration demands permission to implement some cruel, nativist, and potentially unlawful immigration restrictions, the conservatives bend over backward to give it everything it wants. There is nothing fair and balanced about the courts double standard that favors the government over everyone else. And, as Sotomayor implies, this flagrant bias creates the disturbing impression that the Trump administration has a majority of the court in its pocket.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)The "King" will add her to the list of those he despises, if he hasn't already placed her there.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)live love laugh
(13,100 posts)gademocrat7
(10,654 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)ck4829
(35,045 posts)FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)I hate this whole idea, and I'm sure the Repukes already have plans to abuse it.
Once the wealth test takes effect, they will abuse it to get more mob-connected wealthy Russians into the US with lengthy visas or even streamlined citizenship status. Meanwhile the truly needy immigrants and refugees will be kept waiting outside our borders. I think I'm going to vomit now.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)the consequences of elections never go away
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,321 posts)We need to overwhelm elections in November to save this country.
Keep pushing for paper ballots everywhere -- it makes it harder to rig elections remotely.
AllaN01Bear
(18,154 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)For this is not it.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Decisions based on politics and their dictator's desires.
ck4829
(35,045 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,412 posts)holding public office??
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)can't wait to see how they rule on the traitors tax returns...................
Time to take to the streets..........................November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough........................
Fla Dem
(23,650 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)hangaleft
(649 posts)This is it, folks. The big enchilada. This election is literally for all the marbles. If we lose, democracy will gasp its last breath.
The Supreme Court is our last bastion of defense against an autocracy. And, if rump gets re-elected, we can count on 6-3 votes upholding rumps unconstitutional agenda for years to come.
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,668 posts)When they choose a point of view over the rule of law
Bush v Gore. Never Forget!!!
FM123
(10,053 posts)She is a brilliant justice and such a kind person too. When she came down here for the Miami Book Fair last year, she invited all the children in the audience to come up and ask her questions then she gave them hugs.
malaise
(268,930 posts)Asking for a friend.
I thoughts Roberts was disgraceful during the Impeachment trial
CousinIT
(9,239 posts)Or anything else but making 2020 into a horse race that Trump and Sanders already won (and Trump ultimately won) - and denigrating Democrats.