{"id":2483753,"date":"2025-09-08T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-are-not-appointed-to-make-immigration-policy-decisions-kavanaugh\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:47:24","slug":"judges-are-not-appointed-to-make-immigration-policy-decisions-kavanaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-are-not-appointed-to-make-immigration-policy-decisions-kavanaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges are &#8216;not appointed to make&#8217; immigration policy decisions: Kavanaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fjudges-are-not-appointed-to-make-immigration-policy-decisions-kavanaugh%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=2483753&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>The article reports on a statement by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh emphasizing that judges are not meant to create immigration policy but onyl to ensure that immigration enforcement aligns with the Constitution and federal law. His remarks came in a concurrence addressing a case where the Supreme Court lifted restrictions imposed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"... Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">federal district court<\/a> in California on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fewer-than-30k-illegals-were-deported-in-2022\/\" title=\"In 2022, fewer than 30k illegals were deported\">immigration enforcement operations<\/a> in Los Angeles. Kavanaugh highlighted that while judges may have opinions on immigration approaches, their role is limited to reviewing the legality of Executive Branch actions, not setting policy. He referenced recent Supreme Court rulings that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >deferred immigration policy decisions<\/a> to the executive branch, underscoring the judiciary&#8217;s constitutionally assigned role. This message followed a warning from Justice Neil gorsuch reminding lower courts to comply with Supreme Court decisions on emergency matters. The article also notes the Supreme Court&#8217;s frequent intervention on urgent immigration cases, frequently enough curbing lower courts appointed by Democrats that have challenged Trump governance immigration policies. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kavanaugh warns judges are &lsquo;not appointed to make&rsquo; immigration policy decisions<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2224464\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brett-kavanaugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brett Kavanaugh<\/a> warned judges Monday that the role of the judiciary in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigration<\/a> legal disputes is not to set policy, sending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>&lsquo;s latest warning to lower courts via its emergency docket.<\/p>\n<p>Kavanaugh&rsquo;s comments came in a concurrence of a 6-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797089\/supreme-court-lifts-district-court-los-angeles-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">order<\/a> lifting restrictions that a federal district court in California placed on federal authorities&rsquo; ability to conduct&nbsp;immigration&nbsp;operations in the Los Angeles area. The justice told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-who-argued-against-investigating-leak-of-alitos-roe-draft-targets-alito\/\" title=\"Democrat Senator Opposing Probe of Alito&#039;s Roe Draft Leak Targets Alito\">lower-court judges<\/a> that their role is only to ensure immigration policies and procedures are lawful and constitutional, rather than to weigh in with their own preferred policies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797089\/supreme-court-lifts-district-court-los-angeles-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\">Supreme Court lifts district court&#8217;s LA immigration raid restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3796991\/supreme-court-allows-trump-fire-ftc-commissioner-rebecca-slaughter\/\">Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner while considering case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3795514\/federal-judges-criticize-supreme-court-emergency-orders\/\">Federal judges lash out over Supreme Court justices&#8217; emergency orders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Especially in an immigration case like this one, it is also important to stress the proper role of the Judiciary,&rdquo; Kavanaugh wrote. &ldquo;The Judiciary does not set immigration policy or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-lifts-district-courts-la-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\" title=\"Supreme ... lifts district ...&#039;s ...\">decide enforcement priorities<\/a>. It should come as no surprise that some Administrations may be more laissez-faire in enforcing immigration law, and other Administrations more strict.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Article III judges may have views on which policy approach is better or fairer. But judges are not appointed to make those policy calls. We merely ensure, in justiciable cases, that the Executive Branch acts within the confines of the Constitution and federal statutes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kavanaugh pointed to the high court as an example of staying within its &ldquo;constitutionally assigned role&rdquo; in a pair of rulings: in 2023&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/637449\/supreme-court-sides-8-1-with-biden-on-texas-challenge-to-immigration-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States v. Texas<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and 2022&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2875935\/supreme-court-allows-biden-to-end-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden v. Texas<\/a><\/em>, both during the Biden administration, which deferred immigration policy to the executive branch rather than allowing for courts to decide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just as this Court a few years ago declined to step outside our constitutionally assigned role to improperly compel greater Executive Branch enforcement of the immigration laws &hellip; we now likewise must decline to step outside our constitutionally assigned role to improperly restrict reasonable Executive Branch enforcement of the immigration laws,&rdquo; Kavanaugh said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Consistency and neutrality are hallmarks of good judging, and in my view, we abide by those enduring judicial values in this case by granting the stay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kavanaugh&rsquo;s sharp message came weeks after Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3781898\/supreme-court-shows-signs-of-frustration-after-lower-court-overreaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stern warning<\/a> to lower-court judges to obey the high court&rsquo;s rulings on the emergency docket.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lower court judges may sometimes disagree with this Court&rsquo;s decisions, but they are never free to defy them,&rdquo; Gorsuch wrote in an order late last month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797089\/supreme-court-lifts-district-court-los-angeles-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SUPREME COURT LIFTS DISTRICT COURT&rsquo;S LA IMMIGRATION RAID RESTRICTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has had to intervene in an unusually high number of cases on its emergency docket as lower-court judges have halted Trump administration actions, including on immigration, at abnormally high rates.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&rsquo;s aggressive immigration agenda, which has caused uproar from Democrats, has been halted at times by various Democrat-appointed judges who have tried in federal court to stop deportations. The Supreme Court has handed the administration several wins in immigration cases on the emergency docket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kavanaugh: Judges aren&#8217;t meant to set immigration policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2483754,"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\/2025\/09\/AP25212621113523.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36382,50442,57513,9068,40917],"class_list":["post-2483753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-immigration-policy","tag-judges-2","tag-judicial-role","tag-kavanaugh","tag-legal-decisions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25212621113523.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483753","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=2483753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483757,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483753\/revisions\/2483757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}