A shameful rulling by Supreme Court on L.A. ICE raids
By Noah Feldman / Bloomberg Opinion
In a ruling likely to go down in history as a shameful expression of anti-immigrant prejudice, the Supreme Court has allowed ICE agents to re-start “roving stops” of people suspected of being undocumented immigrants because of what they look like, how they speak, and where they are gathered to work or seek employment.
The 6-3 ruling in the court’s emergency docket reversed a July order by federal district court judge in Los Angeles, which found Immigration and Customs Enorement had failed to meet the legal requirement of “reasonable suspicion” for conducting the stops.
The violation of fundamental rights based on ethnicity, language and economic circumstances isn’t just bad for the Latinos who are being targeted. It undermines the constitutional rights of all Americans and the core principle of equality before the law.
Although the majority joined a single, unsigned opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote an explanation for his vote, so that is the only insight we have into its reasoning.
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-a-shameful-rulling-by-supreme-court-on-l-a-ice-raids/