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Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling Thwarts Administrative State
Both right and left should cheer a decision that checks arbitrary power of government agencies.
On solid legal ground.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Trump administration’s attempted rescission of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is, above all, a tribute to the rule of law.
It vindicates a defining idea in administrative law and a central check on the administrative state: Agencies must not behave arbitrarily.