Unanimous Supreme Court: It’s ‘Predictable’ That Noncitizens Will Act ‘Unlawfully’

[rangerrebew]

Unanimous Supreme Court: It’s ‘Predictable’ That Noncitizens Will Act ‘Unlawfully’

On its way to ruling by a 5-4 majority that the Secretary of Commerce improperly decided to include a citizenship question in the 2020 Census, the Supreme Court unanimously concluded that states had legal standing to sue the federal government over this issue based on the court’s conclusion that it is “predictable” that noncitizens will act “unlawfully” by declining to fill out the Census questionnaire.

The court explained its conclusion on this question in Part II of its opinion, which all nine justices joined.

“To have standing,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in this unanimously-joined part of his opinion in Department of Commerce v. New York, “a plaintiff must present an injury that is concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent; fairly traceable to the defendant’s challenged behavior; and likely to be redressed by a favorable ruling."
 
Source URL: https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence-p-jeffrey/unanimous-supreme-court-its-predictable-noncitizens-will-act-unlawfully

[skeeter]

It seems as though this basic rationale can come in very handy on any case coming before SCOTUS where illegal aliens are concerned, and not necessarily in a manner that will make the left happy with the resulting decisions.

[Sanguine]

BKMK

[Bigun]

It seems as though this basic rationale can come in very handy on any case coming before SCOTUS where illegal aliens are concerned, and not necessarily in a manner that will make the left happy with the resulting decisions.

Agreed! 

[Cyber Liberty]

It seems as though this basic rationale can come in very handy on any case coming before SCOTUS where illegal aliens are concerned, and not necessarily in a manner that will make the left happy with the resulting decisions.

It would if the Justices were consistent....

[Sanguine]

It would if the Justices were consistent....

Yes, this whole ruling is inconsistent.  Illegal aliens illegal acts are on them, but:

In Part V of the decision, the court ruled 5 to 4—with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor joining Chief Justice Roberts—that the citizenship question should be thrown out. These justices came to this conclusion not because they argued it was unconstitutional for the census to ask the question, and not because the they believed that by including the question the Secretary of Commerce had violated the law giving him discretion over the content of the census.

The five justices came to their conclusion because they did not like the manner in which they perceived the Secretary came to this conclusion.

[skeeter]

It would if the Justices were consistent....

Point taken. The only thing consistent about the left (often to include Roberts, sadly) is they can always be counted on to rule in accordance with leftist dogma, as inconsistent with the law (and common sense) as it is.