Obama's Immigration Plan Hinges on Supreme Court Deadline Clash

  • Justices poised to act on Texas request that could delay case
  • Normally routine request takes on heightened importance

President Barack Obama listens to a question during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Nov. 24, 2015.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to resolve a procedural dispute that may foreshadow the fate of President Barack Obama’s stalled deferred-deportation program.

The court could act imminently on a request by Texas and 25 other states for a 30-day extension of the deadline to respond to the administration’s bid for a hearing.