The Supreme Court's Racial Profiling Decision Is Even More Racist We Thought.

"In this week's episode of Amicus, we delve into the recent Supreme Court shadow docket order in Noem v. Vasquez-Perdomo, which in essence legalized racial profiling by roving ICE patrols, and in practice may have ushered in America's "show your papers" era for Americans with brown skin, who speak Spanish, and/or go to Home Depot in work clothes."

"Join Dahlia Lithwick and Ahilan Arulanantham, a longstanding human rights lawyer and law professor, as they unpack what this unargued, unreasoned, unsigned and (in Kavanaugh's case) uncited decision means for both immigrants and U.S. citizens, for 4th amendment doctrine, and for the lower courts expected to parse SCOTUS' tea leaves."

The Supreme Court's shadow docket order in Noem v. Vasquez-Perdomo permits roving ICE patrols to engage in racial profiling. The order was issued without argument, without a reasoned opinion, unsigned, and in Justice Kavanaugh's case without cited authority. The practical effect risks normalizing a "show your papers" regime targeting people with brown skin, Spanish speakers, and workers in public spaces. The order weakens Fourth Amendment protections and leaves lower courts without clear guidance on permissible immigration enforcement stops. Both noncitizens and U.S. citizens now face increased risk of discriminatory stops and demands for documentation.

Read at Slate Magazine