A Grave Threat to Separation of Powers

This is outrageous. SCOTUS couldn’t look at Petitions for Cert on election fraud to protect our valid votes but they can immediately usurp the power of @POTUS to protect us from invading murderers. https://t.co/NZmO7WxNbE

— Sidney Powell 🇺🇸 Attorney, Author, Gladiator (@SidneyPowell1) April 23, 2025

From the Supreme Court’s decision in US v. Texas (2023) (written by Justice Kavanaugh):

“Th[e] principle of enforcement discretion over arrests and prosecutions extends to the immigration context, where the Court has stressed that the Executive’s enforcement discretion…

— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) April 19, 2025

… priorities’ but also ‘foreign-policy objectives.’ In line with those principles, this Court has declared that the Executive Branch also retains discretion over whether to remove a noncitizen from the United States. In addition to the Article II problems raised by judicial review of the Executive Branch’s arrest and prosecution policies, courts generally lack meaningful standards for assessing the propriety of enforcement choices in this area. After all, the Executive Branch must prioritize its enforcement efforts. That is because the Executive Branch (i) invariably lacks the resources to arrest and prosecute every violator of every law and (ii) must constantly react and adjust to the ever-shifting public-safety and public welfare needs of the American people.”