(Politico) — “The decision, the first in which Gorsuch swung the court by joining the four Democrat-appointed justices, could complicate the administration’s drive to expel ‘criminal aliens.'”
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose confirmation President Donald Trump has long touted as one of his crowning achievements, cast the deciding vote against the administration Tuesday on an issue long at the center of the president’s agenda: deporting immigrants who commit crimes in the U.S.
The ruling was the first in which Gorsuch sided with the court’s liberal justices in a 5-4 decision, providing the swing vote for a result that could make it more difficult to deport immigrants who have committed violent crimes.
Click to continue reading. By JOSH GERSTEIN | Apr 17, 2018