"More than any other recent ruling in the Supreme Court's emergency docket, known to critics as the "shadow docket" for the speed and darkness with how decisions are made, the order in has people who don't normally follow these things up in arms. A friend from Perú messaged me, out of the blue, to try to make sense of it for him. "Please explain how the Supreme Court could come to this conclusion!" he implored."
"The judge's ruling was common sense: Under the Fourth Amendment, which protects everyone against unreasonable searches and seizures, a person's race or ethnicity, the language they speak, or the kinds of jobs they hold or seek cannot be the basis for immigration sweeps and detention. Yet a silent majority of the Supreme Court blocked that ruling, with no explanation. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson didn't hold back:"
The Supreme Court's supermajority issued an unexplained emergency order lifting a federal judge's injunction that had limited federal agents from making indiscriminate stops and arrests of workers in Los Angeles. The injunction relied on Fourth Amendment protections barring searches and seizures based on race, ethnicity, language, or the kinds of jobs people seek. The enforcement sweep had affected day laborers, Home Depot workers, car washers, garment and farm workers, and fruteros. The government has not fully complied with earlier limits. Three justices sharply criticized the decision, warning against seizure based on appearance, language, or low-wage work.
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