‘Elections Matter’: Public Policy Expert on SCOTUS Green Light for Trump TPS Rollback for Haiti, Syria

Kaitlin Housler
Haitian Refugees

Veteran journalist and public affairs specialist Clint Brewer said “elections matter” after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration may move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haiti and Syria.

In Mullin v. Doe, the Court held that challengers were not entitled to interim relief blocking the termination of TPS and concluded that the TPS statute limits judicial review of non-constitutional claims, preventing courts from second-guessing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s TPS termination decisions on those grounds.

Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said the statute bars judicial review not only of the Secretary’s ultimate decision to terminate TPS but also of the underlying consultation process and factual findings regarding country conditions. The Court also concluded that the challengers’ equal protection claim concerning Haiti was unlikely to succeed.

Justice Clarence Thomas filed a concurring opinion, while Justice Elena Kagan dissented, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Discussing the 6-3 ruling on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Brewer highlighted the significance of Supreme Court appointments.

“Elections matter. That’s where these appointments come from,” he said.

Kagan and Sotomayor were appointed to the Court by former President Barack Obama, while Jackson was appointed by former President Joe Biden.

Brewer went on to  reflect on the Court’s increasingly prominent role in public life, noting, “It’s interesting that the way our culture has evolved that the Supreme Court is so watched.”

“Twenty years ago, 30 years ago, you’d hear about the Supreme Court about once a year. I think we hear about them every other week,” he added.

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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.

 

 

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