Reposted by Jeff Egnaczyk
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
![Steve Vladeck, a professor a Georgetown Law, writes up breaking developments from the Supreme Court. The last post in the three-post thread is the kicker, for our purpose here.
"#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
"Link: [URL of a supremecourt.gov PDF]
"By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v35s7l2l3nyjyxvqf427r5av/bafkreicppbo3jr5ugrdiyipnhxdav3aojviofdvoq22qulqh3bxlru2pii)
