Article snippet: The Supreme Court on Tuesday was sharply divided over MORE's move to end Obama-era protections for immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally as children, as the justices heard oral arguments in one of the most closely watched cases of the term. Members of the court’s conservative wing appeared wary of allowing the court to review the administration’s decision to begin phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants deferral from deportation to nearly 700,000 young adult immigrants without legal status. And questions from conservative justices during oral arguments suggested they appeared to think the administration had supplied legally sound reasons for eliminating DACA. Justice MORE, a George W. Bush appointee, seemed concerned that authorizing a review could give judges too much power over executive agency decisions. “Can you help me understand what is the limiting principle?” Gorsuch asked Theodore Olson, one of two lawyers arguing to preserve DACA. “I hear a lot of facts, sympathetic facts, you put out there, and they speak to all of us. But what's the limiting principle?" Chief Justice John Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee, who was closely watched as a potential swing vote, also appeared unsure about whether the court had the power to review Trump's decision to terminate the program. Michael Mongan, the deputy solicitor general of California, who argued for DACA alongside Olson, said the Obama administration's progra... Link to the full article to read more
Divided Supreme Court leans toward allowing Trump to end DACA | TheHill
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