Judge declares Rubio’s speech-based student deportations violate the Constitution

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086

246 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 37 pts · 22h (1 reply)

A State Department spokesperson, given anonymity to discuss internal thought processes within the agency, told POLITICO that the U.S. “is under no obligation to admit or suffer the presence of individuals who subvert our laws and deny our citizens their Constitutional rights.”

Yet we have to suffer the presence of Trump, Rubio, Musk, and the rest of the fascist cabal that subverts laws and denies citizens their constitutional rights.

LodeMike@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 20h

What they said isn't even relevant. The people in question didn't "subvert" laws. The constitution also doesn't really apply to private parties.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 22h (2 replies)

Did they file that under the case of Duh v. Doy?

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 22h

Came here to say... Fuckin duh.

eurodyne@piefed.world · 5 pts · 21h

Like, totally

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 21h (2 replies)

Just like every single one of these, it will only stand until it hits the Supreme Court, at which point it will be reversed and become legally binding nationally.

Absolutely NONE of these defeats is unexpected. In fact, they are the goal.

It's twisted and perverted, but the best possible thing a judge could do here is rule in FAVOR of Rubio so he has no ability to appeal to the Supreme Court, leaving it unsettled for every other state. By striking him down now, it just turns into a national victory later.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 15h (1 reply)

I don't know. The supreme court has made some startlingly sane decisions. Almost like they saw the ghost of Robert-François Damiens

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 15h

Red herrings, mostly. The ones that matter, and have the real long term consequences? The conservatives are steamrolling.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 21h

Stand Up

Speak Up

Act Up