If civil and immigrant rights groups need a reminder of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s impact on immigration law, they don’t need to think back further than a few months ago.
It would be his third successful appointment of a conservative justice and could tilt the balance of the court for decades.
The administration refused to allow new applicants despite a subsequent lower court decision in July that mandated it do so.
The plaintiffs in that case will petition the full appellate court to hear the case, which could extend into next year.
That case, Leocal v. Ashcroft, eliminated driving while intoxicated from the list of crimes that blocked deported immigrants from naturalization.