Trump v. NAACP (DACA)

Trump v. NAACP, No. 18-588 was a United States Supreme Court case.

Trump v. NAACP
Argued November 12, 2019
Decided June 18, 2020
Full case nameDonald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh

On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the Trump administration's effort to dismantle DACA in "Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al." The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the NAACP in a 5-to-4 decision.[1] President Trump later wrote in a tweet that this was a "shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives."[2]

GQ Magazine reported that under NAACP President/CEO Derrick Johnson's leadership, "the nation’s foremost and oldest civil rights organization landed a huge win in its Supreme Court case — Trump v. NAACP — that prevents Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for young immigrants." Johnson added, "It’s a huge victory for us." [3]

On June 25, 2020, The Hill reported that the NAACP "successfully convinced the Supreme Court to rule against Trump. Its decision to defend DACA, Johnson said, came in part because of the organization’s traditional role of being a voice for Black communities, including immigrants. “DACA, oftentimes people seem to think of the Latinx community, when in fact it was far more reaching than that,” Johnson said." [4]

The President of the NAACP, Derrick Johnson, expressed in a statement: "For far too long, the voices of the undocumented DACA recipients from the African Diaspora were silenced. There is no democratic dream for anyone if we don’t allow our DREAMers to fully participate. This is a tremendous victory for America. Today’s Supreme Court ruling in our favor is an incredible victory for justice, in the spirit of the NAACP’s groundbreaking Supreme Court victory in Brown v Board of Education. We know the value of affirmative litigation to ensure that the nation lives up to its ideals. This ruling exemplifies the ways in which ensuring the Civil Rights for our community pushes the needle on social justice for the benefit of all. Although today represents an exciting victory, we won a battle; the war wages on. Trump could rescind DACA again tomorrow if he wants. The fight truly ends when Congress passes a permanent solution that protects DREAMERS, and the NAACP will continue that fight along with its allies."[5]

The Washington Post also reported that "Trump has often seemed ambivalent about DACA recipients — lauding them at some points and declaring they are “no angels” at others — but his administration has tried since September 2017 to end the program. It was implemented as an executive action by Obama in 2012 after a failed congressional attempt at comprehensive immigration reform." [6]

Justice Roberts wrote in an opinion that "the dispute before the court is not whether DHS may rescind DACA. All parties agree that it may. The dispute is instead primarily about the procedure the agency followed in doing so..."[7]

References
  1. Barnes, Robert. "Supreme Court blocks Trump's bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented 'dreamers'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. Trump, President Donald J. "These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020!". Twitter.
  3. BASSETT, LAURA. "NAACP President Derrick Johnson Knows How to Fight Voter Suppression". GQ Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. Bernal, Rafael. "The Hill interview: NAACP president puts Trump DACA actions alongside Dred Scott decision". The Hill. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  5. Johnson, President Derrick. "NAACP APPLAUDS SUPREME COURT VICTORY IN NAACP V. TRUMP". NAACP. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. Barnes, Robert. "Supreme Court blocks Trump's bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented 'dreamers'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. Supreme Court of the United States. "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ET AL. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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