On Tuesday, the Supreme Court granted 26 states an extra 8 days in which to file their response to the Obama administration’s appeal of its Executive Order on immigration. The states had asked for an extension of 30 days.
As a result, the case, United States v. Texas will likely be heard by the Court in the near future.
According to Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog, “The Court did not release a separate order on the issue, but Supreme Court Clerk Scott Harris simply notified the lawyers in the case that the normal thirty days for a brief in opposition would be extended by eight days — until December 29.”
To date, the Obama administration’s immigration policy has been blocked by a Texas trial judge, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Denniston reports, “The states opposed to the new delayed-deportation policy had asked the Court to give them twice the usual time to respond. The administration, however, was opposed to that, but it told the Court that it would not oppose an eight-day extension, which is what the Court chose to grant. The action by the Justices is not an agreement to review the case. That will be decided only after the preliminary filings are in.”