Supreme Court Pauses Racist Law that Another Court Tried to Uphold after the First Court Struck it Down

We’ve talked before about SB 4, the Texas immigration law that essentially enshrines racial profiling into law, making it not only encouraged but mandatory, and setting the precedent for each state to write its own version of what have always been federal immigration laws.

It’s been a dizzying week with regard to this bill: it was struck down by a Texas court, then an appeals court basically un-struck it down, which would have allowed the law to go into effect this weekend. Then, the Supreme Court struck THAT down. This means that the law is paused until the Supreme Court issues a final ruling on it.

Ultimately, this marks a POTENTIALLY EXTREMELY TEMPORARY victory in a battle that should never have had to be fought in the first place.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)