U.S. Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump census immigrant plan

[rangerrebew]

U.S. Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump census immigrant plan

By Lawrence Hurley
 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude immigrants living in the United States illegally from the population count used to allocate congressional districts to states.

The 6-3 ruling on ideological lines with the court’s six conservatives in the majority and three liberals dissenting, gives Trump a short-term victory as he pursues his hard-line policies toward immigration in the final weeks of his presidency.

However, his administration is battling against the clock to follow through on the vaguely defined proposal before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan 20. The justices left open the possibility of fresh litigation if Trump’s administration completes its plan.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-census/u-s-supreme-court-throws-out-challenge-to-trump-census-immigrant-plan-idUSKBN28S240?rpc=401&

[PeteS in CA]

Supreme Court enables Trump to exclude illegal aliens from 2020 census count

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-vacates-lower-court-rulings-related-trump-admin-apportionment

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated two lower court decisions that blocked the government from excluding illegal aliens during the process of allotting congressional seats.

The decision to remand the two cases to lower courts "with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction" follows a ruling by the high court earlier this month that allows the Trump administration to pursue plans to exclude illegal aliens from the apportionment base.

Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented from the high court's ruling yesterday, just as they had in Trump v. New York earlier this month.

So Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan do not believe in Stare Decisis when they disagree with the prior decision.

[libertybele]

SCOTUS = Useless and Worthless