In an 8-1 decision with only far right extremist Samuel Alito dissenting, the US Supreme Court on Friday tossed Picasso-faced Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against the Biden Administration over border enforcement policy, ruling the state lacked standing under Article III.
“The States of Texas and Louisiana claim that the Guidelines contravene two federal statutes that they read to require the arrest of certain noncitizens upon their release from prison (8 USC §1226(c)) or entry of a final order of removal (§1231(a)(2)). The District Court found that the States would incur costs due to the Executive’s failure to comply with those alleged statutory mandates, and that the States had standing to sue based on those costs. On the merits, the District Court found the Guidelines unlawful and vacated them. The Fifth Circuit declined to stay the District Court’s judgment, and this Court granted certiorari before judgment… Texas and Louisiana lack Article III standing to challenge the Guidelines,” Kavanaugh wrote in the majority opinion.