Trump Denies Wrongdoing in Carroll Case, Supreme Court Appeal Continues Debate Over TPS
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Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has said he does not know Carroll. Trump has a separate appeal at the Supreme Court concerning a different defamation case in which Carroll won an $83 million judgment. That case concerns comments Trump made as president during his first term and has been tied up in litigation over whether he can claim immunity. The court is not set to act on that appeal until later this year.
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USA TodayTrump’s lawyers said reconsideration was warranted because the case is connected to another appeal involving Carroll that they have asked the Supreme Court to hear.
The HillSupreme Court rejects Trump’s longshot effort to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump’s longshot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million sexual abuse verdict. The president asked the justices to rehear the case after they declined to take up his argument in June. The new, one-sentence order denies it again without comment or any noted dissents.  Rehearings…
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The decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with ending TPS for Somalia, potentially exposing affected migrants who lack another lawful basis to remain in the U.S. to deportation.
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BreitbartThe decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with ending TPS for Somalia, potentially exposing affected migrants who lack another lawful basis to remain in the U.S. to deportation.
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Boston U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, who previously had issued a stay stopping the administration from terminating Somalia’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), ended her previous action, saying she had to defer to the Supreme Court that in June sharply limited the ability of federal judges to override certain executive branch policies.
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Fox NewsU.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston lifted a stay that had prevented the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Somalia's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, citing a June Supreme Court ruling that sharply limited judicial review of similar administration actions.
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A federal lawsuit brought by four Somali nationals and two advocacy groups challenged that decision and Judge Burroughs had responded with a stay.
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Fox NewsBurroughs, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, had previously blocked the termination from taking effect in a lawsuit brought by four Somali nationals and two advocacy groups, including African Communities Together.
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However, the Supreme Court ruled in June in Mullin v. Doe that the TPS statute in fact prevents judicial review of certain non-constitutional decisions by the administration, such as terminating TPS designations.
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Fox NewsThe Supreme Court ruled in June in Mullin v. Doe that the TPS statute bars judicial review of certain non-constitutional decisions by the administration to terminate TPS designations. The court also found that the plaintiffs' equal protection challenge in that case was unlikely to succeed.
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In short, “the ruling curtailed lower courts’ ability to review Trump administration efforts to terminate TPS designations for nationals of multiple countries,” Fox News reported Saturday.
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Fox NewsThe ruling curtailed lower courts' ability to review Trump administration efforts to terminate TPS designations for nationals of multiple countries.
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Plaintiffs challenging the termination of Somalia's designation argued that the administration's decision was motivated by bias against non-White immigrants, pointing to Trump's previous descriptions of Somalis as "garbage" and "low IQ people."
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BreitbartPlaintiffs in the Somalia case had argued that the administration’s decision was caused by bias against non-white immigrants, citing Trump’s previous descriptions of Somalis as “garbage” and “low IQ people.”
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Sources at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services previously told Fox News Digital that 2,471 Somali nationals in the U.S. currently have TPS, while another 1,383 have pending TPS applications.
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BreitbartSources at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told Fox News Digital previously that 2,471 Somali nationals in the U.S. currently have TPS, while another 1,383 have applied for that status.
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01 USA Today Trump had to pay Carroll the $5 million judgment plus interest after the court first rejected his appeal on June 29.
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02 Fox News Following the Supreme Court's ruling, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint raising new constitutional claims and sought emergency relief in another effort to prevent Somalia's TPS protections from ending.
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03 Breitbart TPS, which was created by Congress in 1990, gives critical protection to people who come to America from countries plagued with armed conflict and natural disasters because their return would be unsafe. They are also allowed to work in the U.S.
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