USA, Supreme Court against Trump on "dreamers"
2020-06-18T15:32:33.786Z
The US Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's efforts to end Obama's Daca program, which legally protects 650,000 young immigrants, the so-called 'Dreamers'. A blow to the president in the midst of his election campaign. The decision, made by a majority of five votes against 4, was written by the President of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, and was shared by the judges Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Roberts, conservative in orientation, has sided with the liberal judges of the Court. The decision taken today states that the end of the Daca program, established in 2012 by former President Barack Obama, would be "arbitrary and pretentious". The judges rejected the administration's arguments that the 8-year Daca program is illegal and that the courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end the program. Supreme judge John Roberts, along with his four liberal colleagues, wrote to the court that the administration did not properly pursue the end of the program. "We do not decide whether Daca or its resolution are valid policies," wrote Roberts, "we only evaluate whether the agency has complied with the procedural requirement to provide a reasoned explanation for its action." The four conservative judges of the Court disagreed. Judge Clarence Thomas, flanked by Judges Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, wrote that Daca was illegal since it was created under the Obama administration in 2012. Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote, in separate dissent, that he was satisfied that the administration acted appropriately in an attempt to end the program.
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June 18, 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's efforts to end the Obama-sponsored Daca program that legally protects 650,000 young immigrants, the so-called 'Dreamers'. A blow to the president in the midst of his election campaign. The decision, made by a majority of five votes against 4, was written by the President of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, and was shared by the judges Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Roberts, conservative in orientation, has sided with the liberal judges of the Court. The decision taken today states that the end of the Daca program, established in 2012 by former President Barack Obama, would be "arbitrary and pretentious". The judges rejected the administration's arguments that the 8-year Daca program is illegal and that the courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end the program. Supreme judge John Roberts, along with his four liberal colleagues, wrote to the court that the administration did not properly pursue the end of the program. "We do not decide whether Daca or its resolution are valid policies," wrote Roberts, "we only evaluate whether the agency has complied with the procedural requirement to provide a reasoned explanation for its action." The four conservative judges of the Court disagreed. Judge Clarence Thomas, flanked by Judges Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, wrote that Daca was illegal since it was created under the Obama administration in 2012. Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote, in separate dissent, that he was satisfied that the administration acted appropriately in an attempt to end the program.
