The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden’s administration.

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority, and its three liberal justices dissented on Tuesday. The administration had asked the justices to freeze a judicial order allowing the Texas law to take effect while its challenge to the statute proceeds in the lower courts.

The law violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law by interfering with the U.S. government’s power to regulate immigration, the administration has argued.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      201·
      8 months ago

      I’m sad to say that we had roughly 50 years of sensible judges. This is SCOTUS gone back to normal.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
        22·
        8 months ago

        They have repeatedly deemed that states can overrule the federal government when it’s the federal government’s jurisdiction. They have repeatedly deemed the constitution is not enforceable. They have deemed that if they can argue vagueness in wording, it is either all encompassing or entirely non-binding based on the political leanings of issue. They have taken null cases with hypothetical damages in order to make rulings. The 3 Trump appointees deemed Roe v Wade settled law before overturning it.

          • Maggoty@lemmy.world
            102·
            8 months ago

            Okay. You’re not a citizen anymore. And you no longer have any rights.

            See why rights have to extend to everyone within our borders now?

              • Maggoty@lemmy.world
                52·
                8 months ago

                Nope. Big government over there says you’re here illegally now. The guys with guns will be along anytime now to enforce your deportation. If you resist you’re going to be arrested and sentenced to work in the factory for no pay for several years and then dumped in Mexico.

                  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
                    52·
                    8 months ago

                    That’s not the point. If non citizens have no rights then you have no recourse to prove you’re actually a citizen once they declare you’re not a citizen.

                    Which is just one reason SCOTUS has consistently ruled that rights extend to everyone in our borders. The other is that many of our rights are actually restrictions on government power. And allowing the government to operate without those restrictions, even just on some people, builds the infrastructure for doing it to citizens.

                    Don’t get your face eaten by a leopard.

                  • Natanael@slrpnk.net
                    31·
                    8 months ago

                    Fun fact, legal citizens have been deported by ICE before because they didn’t care to check the paperwork correctly

          • theherk@lemmy.world
            81·
            8 months ago

            To say nothing of RvW, do you really think the constitution doesn’t provide some rights beyond citizens? For context, check out the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. More importantly, you won’t find this delineation in the Bill of Rights. Immigrants are granted due process, as written in the 14th as “any person”. There are many protections granted to all, precisely because we believed all are equal. This is well established constitutional law.

                • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOP
                  6·
                  8 months ago

                  It never ceases to amaze me how citizens of a nation can be so utterly wrong about what’s in their own constitution and bill of rights.

                  And I say this as a Canadian, because we’ve got Canadians quoting the Second Amendment like it’s law up here.

                  sigh

              • gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org
                41·
                8 months ago

                Hang on, hang on, I think you missed it. It applies to “ALL PERSONS.” You’ll note that it does not include “unless you’re an illegal immigrant.”

                  • theherk@lemmy.world
                    21·
                    8 months ago

                    You’re just wrong here. And that’s okay, but take an opportunity to learn. Although many are deported without knowing there was a hearing, there still is what is taken to mean due process. See https://www.uclalawreview.org/the-ice-trap-deportation-without-due-process/

                    The fact is, you can just actually take a look at the 14th amendment. Or try to find the term citizen in any of the first 10. Or just keep being confidently incorrect.

                    The constitution absolutely does protect all people in many situations, and only xenophobia combined with poor education can lead somebody to disputing that.

          • Omega@lemmy.world
            21·
            8 months ago

            Funny, I didn’t even comment on immigrant rights or the validity of RvW.