Another SCOTUS Decision: Texas Immigration Case Ends in 4-4 Tie, Blocking Obama's Immigration Plan

News Staff : Jun 23, 2016
Newsmax.com

The 4-4 ruling was possible because there are only eight justices following February's death of conservative Antonin Scalia.

[Newsmax] The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Barack Obama a harsh defeat, splitting 4-4 over his plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation and give them work permits, leaving intact a lower-court ruling blocking the plan. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)

The court, with four conservative justices and four liberals, appeared divided along ideological lines during... 

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