Saturday, December 09, 2017

Supreme Court blocks order for White House to disclose DACA documents

USA Today reports:
The Supreme Court ruled late Friday that the Trump administration does not have to turn over documents connected to its decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation.

It was the second time in four days that the court has sided with the administration against immigration advocates, following Monday's order enabling Trump's travel ban to go into full effect while challenges work their way through the courts.

The latest order reverses action by lower courts in California that had required the government to produce documents in the case by Dec. 22.

The Supreme Court blocked an order by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup in San Francisco requiring the government to turn over the documents. Instead, the court ordered opponents to respond next week to the administration's refusal to turn over the documents.

The court's four more liberal justices issued a 10-page dissent, contending that the administration's arguments "do not come close to carrying the heavy burden that the government bears in seeking such extraordinary relief."
Seems like the illegal alien lobby is losing in court.