Supreme Court Sides AGAINST Trump Administration in Immigration Ruling

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On Friday, the Supreme Court sided against President Trump on a case involving immigration judges and the First Amendment.

Specifically, SCOTUS refused a request from the Trump administration to halt a free speech lawsuit brought by immigration judges.

The Supreme Court sided with immigration judges on Friday, rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case with possible implications for federal workers as the justices weigh expanding presidential firing power. https://t.co/Ua5oMlsftp

— Times Free Press (@TimesFreePress) December 20, 2025

Essentially, a group of immigration judges are suing to challenge a policy that restricts what they can talk about in public.

Ironically, this policy was originally enacted under the Biden administration.

The New York Times explained:

Immigration judges sued over a Biden-era policy that prohibits them from making statements in their personal capacities about immigration or the agency that employs them. The National Association of Immigration Judges said such restrictions violated the judges’ First Amendment rights and interfered with their ability to guest lecture at universities and to speak to community groups about matters of public importance.

Although the lawsuit is primarily centered around free speech rights, the Supreme Court did not rule on that part of the case, but rather focused on the proper venue for resolving complaints brought by federal workers.

This could have much broader implications.

ABC News has more:

The decision is a technical step in a long-running case, but it touches on the effects of a series of high-profile firings under President Donald Trump. The justices let stand a ruling that raised questions about the Trump administration’s handling of the federal workforce, though they also signaled that lower courts should move cautiously.

Immigration judges are federal employees, and the question at the center of the case is about whether they can sue to challenge a policy restricting their public speeches or if they are required to use a separate complaint system for the federal workforce.

Trump’s Republican administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene after an appeals court found that Trump’s firings of top complaint system officials had raised questions about whether it’s still working as intended.

The Justice Department said the firings are within the president’s power and the lower court had no grounds to raise questions. The solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to quickly freeze the ruling as he pushes to have the immigration judges’ case removed from federal court.

The justices declined, though they also said the Trump administration could return if the lower courts moved too fast. The justices have allowed most of Trump’s firings for now and are weighing whether to formally expand his legal power to fire independent agency officials by overturning job protections enshrined in a 90-year-old decision.

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