SUPREME COURT DELIVERS A LANDMARK SEVEN TO TWO VERDICT ON A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL MATTER SHAPING IMMIGRATION POLICY TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY JUDICIAL POWER HUMANITARIAN OBLIGATIONS CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION AND THE LIVES FUTURE AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTY FACING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS IN AMERICA

What the Supreme Court Actually Decided

One important detail often lost in headlines is that the Supreme Court did not fully decide the underlying immigration case.

Instead, the Court lifted an injunction that had previously blocked the administration from moving forward while litigation continued.

That procedural action may sound technical.

But its practical effects are enormous.