Trump v. NAACP (DACA)
Trump v. NAACP, No. 18-588 was a United States Supreme Court case.
Trump v. NAACP | |
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Argued November 12, 2019 Decided June 18, 2020 | |
Full case name | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. |
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On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the Trump administration's effort to dismantle DACA in "Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al." The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the NAACP in a 5-to-4 decision.[1] President Trump later wrote in a tweet that this was a "shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives."[2]
GQ magazine reported that under NAACP President/CEO Derrick Johnson's leadership, "the nation’s foremost and oldest civil rights organization landed a huge win in its Supreme Court case — Trump v. NAACP — that prevents Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for young immigrants." Johnson added, "It’s a huge victory for us."[3]
On June 25, 2020, The Hill reported that the NAACP "successfully convinced the Supreme Court to rule against Trump. Its decision to defend DACA, Johnson said, came in part because of the organization’s traditional role of being a voice for Black communities, including immigrants. 'DACA, oftentimes people seem to think of the Latinx community, when in fact it was far more reaching than that,' Johnson said."[4]
The president of the NAACP, Derrick Johnson, expressed in a statement: "For far too long, the voices of the undocumented DACA recipients from the African Diaspora were silenced. There is no democratic dream for anyone if we don’t allow our DREAMers to fully participate. This is a tremendous victory for America. Today’s Supreme Court ruling in our favor is an incredible victory for justice, in the spirit of the NAACP’s groundbreaking Supreme Court victory in Brown v Board of Education. We know the value of affirmative litigation to ensure that the nation lives up to its ideals. This ruling exemplifies the ways in which ensuring the Civil Rights for our community pushes the needle on social justice for the benefit of all. Although today represents an exciting victory, we won a battle; the war wages on. Trump could rescind DACA again tomorrow if he wants. The fight truly ends when Congress passes a permanent solution that protects DREAMERS, and the NAACP will continue that fight along with its allies."[5]
The Washington Post also reported that "Trump has often seemed ambivalent about DACA recipients — lauding them at some points and declaring they are “no angels” at others — but his administration has tried since September 2017 to end the program. It was implemented as an executive action by Obama in 2012 after a failed congressional attempt at comprehensive immigration reform."[6]
Justice Roberts wrote in an opinion that "the dispute before the court is not whether DHS may rescind DACA. All parties agree that it may. The dispute is instead primarily about the procedure the agency followed in doing so..."[7]
References
- Barnes, Robert. "Supreme Court blocks Trump's bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented 'dreamers'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- Trump, Donald J. [@realDonaldTrump] (June 18, 2020). "These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Bassett, Laura (June 25, 2020). "NAACP President Derrick Johnson Knows How to Fight Voter Suppression". GQ. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- Bernal, Rafael (June 25, 2020). "The Hill interview: NAACP president puts Trump DACA actions alongside Dred Scott decision". The Hill. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- Johnson, Derrick (June 18, 2020). "NAACP Applauds Supreme Court Victory in NAACP v. Trump". NAACP. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- Barnes, Robert. "Supreme Court blocks Trump's bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented 'dreamers'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- Supreme Court of the United States. "Department of Homeland Security et al. v. Regents of the University of California et al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit". Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via The Washington Post.