Supreme Court (6-3) allows Texas to enforce immigration law (www.nbcnews.com)

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"The court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos," liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissenting opinion. Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson also objected to the decision.

The majority did not explain its reasoning.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Aside from "vote for us or it gets worse" they can promise to pack the court or pass an abortion bill or whatever, and then rely on one or two Democrats to block the legislation.

But next time for sure!