Headline Roundup February 1, 2021
Biden Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Border Wall, Asylum Arguments
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CNN Digital
President Joe Biden's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to postpone oral arguments in significant cases regarding former President Donald Trump's border wall and a controversial asylum policy.
The Justice Department said Biden has directed a "pause in construction" so that the administration can undertake an assessment "of the legality of the funding and contracting methods used to construct the wall." The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition asked the Supreme Court last year to block the construction the wall.
Newsmax (News)
President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel upcoming oral arguments and delay further action in two pending appeals that were filed by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump over U.S.-Mexico border wall funding and the so-called "remain in Mexico" asylum policy.
The court is scheduled to hear arguments in the two cases on Feb. 22 and March 1, respectively.
Wall Street Journal (News)
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to cancel coming oral arguments on two pillars of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, construction of a wall along the southern U.S. border and the “Remain in Mexico” program that barred U.S. entry to many asylum applicants while their cases were considered.
The filings are among the first of many the Justice Department is expected to make as the Biden administration changes direction on immigration, LGBT protections, voting rights, the Affordable Care Act and other policies.
In both cases, acting...
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