Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 5:18:51 GMT -6
Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator is holding firm on his promise to not vet any Supreme Court nominee offered by the White House, but the gambit isn’t producing political returns.
News on Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court split on a critical immigration case wasn’t welcomed by the Obama administration. The tie effectively continues a lower court’s decision to halt President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (DAPA), which, in the interest of preserving families, prohibited deportation of the undocumented parents of legal resident children.
It was a legal defeat, although a much lesser one than was expected before the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. And, it is quite possible that it wouldn’t have been a defeat at all if Obama’s replacement choice, Merrick Garland, had been confirmed and seated.
A second, less talked about SCOTUS decision upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program. The 4-3 decision (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself) will stand as law and is an effective death blow to conservative hopes of ending selection processes that include race alongside other factors.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/blogs/lynda-waddington/grassleys-gamble-isnt-paying-off-20160626
News on Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court split on a critical immigration case wasn’t welcomed by the Obama administration. The tie effectively continues a lower court’s decision to halt President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (DAPA), which, in the interest of preserving families, prohibited deportation of the undocumented parents of legal resident children.
It was a legal defeat, although a much lesser one than was expected before the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. And, it is quite possible that it wouldn’t have been a defeat at all if Obama’s replacement choice, Merrick Garland, had been confirmed and seated.
A second, less talked about SCOTUS decision upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program. The 4-3 decision (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself) will stand as law and is an effective death blow to conservative hopes of ending selection processes that include race alongside other factors.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/blogs/lynda-waddington/grassleys-gamble-isnt-paying-off-20160626