snowcone_wars

snowcone_wars t1_j1wg13a wrote

I can't wait for nobody to actually understand the issues involved here.

This is a policy instituted by the executive. They have directly said that even if SCOTUS allowed the stay, they would not discontinue it immediately.

At the exact same time as the Biden admin request SCOTUS to stay it, they also made a request for additional time to be added to it so that they could prepare to wind it down over a significantly long period of time, all of which indicates that this is not something that the admin would just "cancel" if SCOTUS put in a stay or allowed the lower courts' rulings to stand.

What SCOTUS did say on the 20th is that in order for it to be repealed, they needed much more information from the Biden admin on what would replace it (something they have planned to do for over a year), which the admin was not prepared to provide at that point in time.

The Biden admin wanted to end the policy on May 23rd. This ruling changes nothing, but this sub will throw a fit over it.

All of this indicates that while the admin does not want 42 to stay in place (which it shouldn't, it's a terrible policy), they were also woefully unprepared for how bad the situation actually is, and therefore that their replacement plans need to be reworked to fit this reality.

I'm sure this will get downvoted because it contains actual nuance.

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