DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT: “The Justice Department on Tuesday [1-16-18] announced plans to seek direct Supreme Court review of a judge’s ruling that blocked President Donald Trump from shuttering a program that gave work permits and other protections to some people who entered the U.S. illegally as children.
The administration is also appealing the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but the unusual tactic of petitioning directly to the Supreme Court would make an end run around the lower court, which Trump and his aides have repeatedly criticized for what they view as liberal rulings.
San Francisco-based U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup’s ruling last week required the administration to resume accepting renewal applications for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA…
Still, while Justice Department attorneys could have asked the courts to stay Alsup’s ruling, they did not seek any immediate relief on Tuesday. Letting the injunction remain in place and delaying any immediate action in the legal battle could give the White House more time to hash out a deal with Democrats and Republicans in Congress to provide long-term relief for the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers… A Justice Department spokesman had no immediate comment on why the administration did not seek emergency relief from Alsup’s order.”
–Josh Gerstein, “DOJ seeking Supreme Court review of DACA ruling,” Politico, Jan. 16, 2018 02:18pm