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Supreme Court Issues Statement on Justices' Exchange Over TPS Ruling
The Supreme Court released a statement clarifying a misunderstanding between two justices after a 6-3 decision on temporary protected status. The ruling permits the Department of Homeland Security to end protections for roughly 356,000 migrants from Haiti and Syria.
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The Supreme Court issued a statement on Friday addressing an exchange between two justices that followed a 6-3 ruling the previous day. The decision permits the Department of Homeland Security to end temporary protected status for approximately 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians who had received work authorization under the program.
Background on the Ruling The six-justice majority held that courts lack authority to review certain administrative determinations regarding the humanitarian program established by Congress in 1990. " The justice who authored the majority opinion stated that additional detail would have been included in the summary had advance notice been received about the plan to read the dissent.
A court spokesperson said Justice Alito had been notified in advance by the dissenting justice's chambers that a dissent would be read from the bench. The spokesperson added that the exchange resulted from a misunderstanding on Justice Alito's part.
The court noted that the underlying policy had been applied during both the Obama and Trump administrations. The statement marks an uncommon public clarification of internal court communications.
