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SCOTUS spanks 4th Circuit yet again for doing free range partisan jurisprudence
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Date: May 26th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, some immigration judges filed a First Amendment challenge to a Trump admin order restricting certain speeches related to immigration. but under existing statutes and case law upholding the statute, the claim could not be brought in a USDC. the USDC applied that law. the 4th Circuit took up the case anyway and invoked legal arguments that neither party had ever raised. needless to say the Circuit's novel arguments were motivated by partisan views.
SCOTUS -- including the libs -- spanked the 4th Circuit and pointed out that this was the second time in recent history SCOTUS was reversing because the 4th Circuit was just making up its own legal arguments regardless of what the parties put in issue.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-767_7758.pdf |