{"id":2271357,"date":"2024-06-19T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-supreme-courts-bump-stock-decision-could-mean-for-bidens-asylum-cap\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:40:15","slug":"what-the-supreme-courts-bump-stock-decision-could-mean-for-bidens-asylum-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-supreme-courts-bump-stock-decision-could-mean-for-bidens-asylum-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Implications of the Supreme Court&#8217;s bump stock ruling on Biden&#8217;s asylum cap policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-the-supreme-courts-bump-stock-decision-could-mean-for-bidens-asylum-cap%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2271357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u2064recent Supreme Court decision \u200bstruck \u200ddown a Trump-era ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-activists-prevail-in-federal-court\/\" title=\"Second Amendment Activists Prevail in Federal Court\u00a0\">bump stocks<\/a>, with implications \u200bfor broader executive powers. The Court ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, \u2062Firearms, and Explosives could \u200bnot\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-asks-supreme-court-to-restore-bump-stock-ban\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Restore Bump Stock Ban\">classify bump stocks<\/a> as machine guns; such a classification\u2064 would require an act of Congress. This decision may\u200c affect President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent executive restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-asks-supreme-court-to-cancel-asylum-border-wall-arguments\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Asylum, Border Wall Arguments\">asylum seekers<\/a>. Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance interpreted this\u2063 ruling to suggest that if the Supreme Court \u200cmaintains this stance, Biden&#8217;s asylum limits could also be overturned. The discussion related to a concurrence by Justice Samuel Alito in another decision, \u2063emphasizing adherence\u200b to statutory text regardless of external events, a principle that was applied in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-congress-enact-major-restrictions-on-constitutionally-protected-second-amendment-rights\/\" title=\"Biden To Congress: Enact Major Restrictions On Constitutionally Protected Second Amendment Rights\">bump stock<\/a> case. This underscores ongoing\u200d debates about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-of-joe-biden-telling-black-civil-rights-leaders-he-wont-go-all-in-on-executive-orders-to-appease-the-far-left-infuriates-progressives\/\" title=\"Leaked Audio of Joe Biden Telling Black Civil Rights Leaders He Won\u2019t Go All in on Executive Orders to Appease the Far Left Infuriates Progressives\">executive authority<\/a> and \u2062legislative intent in U.S. law.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a>\u2018s recent decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3045214\/supreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-bump-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"striking down\">striking down<\/a> a Trump-era bump stock ban could have an impact on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s recently imposed limits on asylum claims.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives erred in classifying bump stocks as machine guns, effectively banning them, and that it would take an act of Congress to implement a ban on bump stocks. If the court holds in line with the majority ruling it made in the bump stock ban case, Biden\u2019s recent executive action restricting asylum-seekers would also be struck down, according to former Obama-appointed U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Vance discussed Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/22-976new_i4dk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"concurrence\">concurrence<\/a> in last week\u2019s <em>Garland v. Cargill<\/em> decision, in which he argued that \u201cthe statutory text is clear, and we must follow it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe horrible shooting spree in Las Vegas in 2017 did not change the statutory text or its meaning. That event demonstrated that a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock can have the same lethal effect as a machine gun, and it thus strengthened the case for amending \u00a75845(b),\u201d Alito wrote. \u201cBut an event that highlights the need to amend a law does not itself change the law\u2019s meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joyce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/president-biden-asylum-immigration-restriction-executive-order-samuel-alito-scotus-1914647?utm_term=Autofeed&#038;utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1718791326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"contended\">contended<\/a> on the <em>CAFE Insider<\/em> podcast that Alito would have to uphold the constitutional logic that he used in the bump stock case with an immigration executive order carried out by Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to wonder, what will Justice Alito do? You know Justice Alito, who just said a tragedy like Las Vegas can\u2019t change the language in the law, right? We are bound by the language and the statutes even in the face of emergency or tragedy,\u201d Vance said. \u201cWell, now you got a statute that clearly talks about when people can claim asylum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3027310\/biden-border-executive-order-bans-asylum-seekers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> earlier this month bars most asylum-seekers entering through the southern border if the number of apprehensions at ports of entry by Border Patrol exceeds 2,500 arrests per day and that it would only be eased if it drops to 1,500 apprehensions daily for at least two consecutive weeks. The action is similar to what was included in a scrapped bipartisan border bill that the Senate considered earlier this year, which Biden was in favor of.<\/p>\n<p>The order is likely to face legal challenges, with the American Civil Liberties Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3027631\/aclu-sue-biden-border-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"threatening\">threatening<\/a> action against the order shortly after it was announced.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s overturning of a Trump-era bump stock ban may affect President Biden&#8217;s new asylum claim restrictions. The ruling stated that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives incorrectly classified bump stocks as machine guns, leading to their ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2271358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-19-Jun-2024-07-52-AM-9972.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-19-Jun-2024-07-52-AM-9972.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}