Supreme Court won’t rehear Obama immigration orders case
*There was a 71 page list of the cases that the Supreme Court will not hear this session, President Obama’s executive actions on immigration was on the list. VL
By Josh Gerstein, Politico (2 minute read)
The Supreme Court has declined to rehear a challenge to several of President Barack Obama’s key executive actions on immigration, leaving undisturbed a 4-4 tie earlier this year that effectively killed the programs for the remainder of his presidency.
The Obama administration asked the justices to revive the case on the possibility that a new justice would be confirmed and sworn in this term, but the justices rejected that request on the first day of their new term Monday without comment or any noted dissent.
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Obama has nominated D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the seat formerly held by Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February, but the Republican-controlled Senate has refused to act on the nomination.
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