The long and winding road to determine whether or not Texas has the right to secure its border continues. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended the ruling blocking Texas from enforcing a new law that gives law enforcement officers the ability to arrest and deport illegal aliens today.
Justice Alito handles emergency petitions to the Supreme Court in cases out of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He originally blocked Texas from enforcing a new law, Senate Bill 4, until Wednesday afternoon to give the Supreme Court time to study and rule on it.
The latest order from Alito gives SCOTUS until Monday to rule on Texas’ right to enforce the law while a lower court considers the constitutionality of SB 4. That lower court is the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
Biden’s DOJ sued Texas in January to prevent SB 4 from going into law. Last month…
