Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling

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Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in the 5-4 court case – a possible sign of the court's thinking as it gears up to hear high-profile immigration cases next month

By Breanne Deppisch Fox News
Published April 22, 2025 12:50pm EDT

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday sided with left-leaning justices in an immigration appeals case, a narrow ruling that could portend the court's future thinking amid a flurry of legal cases centered on immigration.

The 5-4 ruling in Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi centered on the government's interpretation of a 60-day "voluntary departure" deadline, which authorities can use to allow certain immigrants deemed to be of "good moral character" to depart the U.S. on their own terms within that timeframe.

The Supreme Court ruled, with the backing of Roberts and Gorsuch, that any voluntary departure deadlines for immigrants under the 60-day departure time frame that fall on a weekend or on a legal holiday in the U.S. should be extended to the next business day.

Writing for the majority, Gorsuch noted that this interpretation of the 60-day period aligns with long-standing administrative practices, including in immigration law.

"When Congress adopts a new law against the backdrop of a ‘long-standing administrative construction,’ the Court generally presumes the new provision works in harmony with what came before," Gorsuch said.

"Since at least the 1950s, immigration regulations have provided that when calculating deadlines, the term ‘day’ carries its specialized meaning by excluding Sundays and legal holidays (and later Saturdays) if a deadline would otherwise fall on one of those days," Gorsuch added, noting that the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passed by Congress uses the same reading. 

Gorsuch was joined in the majority decision by Roberts, and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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[rustynail]

Due process  Über alles.

[The_Reader_David]

Due process  Über alles.

Due process is part of what made America great.  Everyone on this board (trolls aside) was horrified when Obama and Biden vitiated due process rights for young men accused of sexual misconduct while in college.  Gutting due process to chase illegal immigrants will not make America great again, it will deprive America of our greatness.  Yes, it's slower to do it the right way, but it's also slower to have a jury trial when someone is accused of murder.  A lynching is much faster.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Could Trump Admin deport Mayorkas?

[Sighlass]

Due process (OF ITS LEGAL CITIZENS) is part of what made America great. 

Fixed it for ya.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Due process is part of what made America great.  Everyone on this board (trolls aside) was horrified when Obama and Biden vitiated due process rights for young men accused of sexual misconduct while in college.  Gutting due process to chase illegal immigrants will not make America great again, it will deprive America of our greatness.  Yes, it's slower to do it the right way, but it's also slower to have a jury trial when someone is accused of murder.  A lynching is much faster.

Gutting due process is what the courts are now doing in disobeying the clear language, and intent, of the Constitution of this country.

No one is above the law as laid bare by that document.  And that includes unelected judges who rule by fiat.

[cato potatoe]

Gutting due process to chase illegal immigrants will not make America great again, it will deprive America of our greatness.

Did Eisenhower destroy America in 1954?  Yes or no.  His administration rounded up a million illegals, put them in trucks, and drove them to the border. 

[Smokin Joe]

Did Eisenhower destroy America in 1954?  Yes or no.  His administration rounded up a million illegals, put them in trucks, and drove them to the border.

Yep. "Operation Wetback"

[IsailedawayfromFR]

  Yes, it's slower to do it the right way, but it's also slower to have a jury trial when someone is accused of murder.  A lynching is much faster.

No one will disagree with the fact that lynching is faster.  A bullet is even faster and sometimes that is the best way to proceed.

To follow your logic to its inevitable conclusion, law enforcement and military, not even to mention individual citizens, must never pull a trigger when threatened or fired upon, but instead ensure 'due process rights' of criminals are taken into account.

I wonder how many terrorists we routinely take out to preserve the safety of the world would still be with us if we always afforded 'due process'?

All those illegally here are criminals and need to be deported.  That is due process when facing an invasion.  And an invasion has already been declared by our CIC as is dedicated to protecting us from further harm.

[Sighlass]

When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong. - Ecclesiastes 8:11

[Bigun]

Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling

And that right there writes the book. Immigrants are those who follow the rules and come here legally. Those who don't do that are not immigrants; they are illegal aliens.