Supreme Court Issues Huge Immigration Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with a lower court that a key immigration case should be sent back to a trial court for more work to be done. In other words, the appellate court did not overturn the lower court’s decision. Instead, it sent the case back with instructions to address a legal or procedural error that was found in the appealThe U. S. Supreme Court agreed with a lower court that a key immigration case should be sent back to a trial court for more work to be done.In other words, the appellate court did not overturn the lower court’s decision. Instead, it sent the case back with instructions to address a legal or procedural error that was found in the appeal. Advertisement The justices turned down the administration’s request to block a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that revived a lawsuit filed by the National Association of Immigration Judges. The court did make it clear, though, that the government could come back if the trial court goes ahead with discovery before the Supreme Court decides whether or not to take the case.A policy that prohibits immigration judges “from speaking in their personal capacities about immigration and about the agency that employs them” is at the heart of the dispute, according to the judges’ association. The group filed a lawsuit in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court, claiming the policy was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.