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...Supreme Court Justice issued a dissenting opinion Friday accusing her conservative colleagues of having a bias toward the Trump administration after the court voted to 5-4 to uphold the administration's public charge rule, which critics call a "Wealth test" for legal immigrants.
..."The Government seeks emergency relief from this Court, asking it to grant a stay where two lower courts have not. The Government insists-even though review in a court of appeals is imminent-that it will suffer irreparable harm if this Court does not grant a stay. And the Court yields."
...In the case, Wolf v. Cook County, a U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the policy in Illinois.
...The Supreme Court had previously voted 5-4 in January to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by a federal judge in New York while the case played out in appeals court.
...Sotomayor said the court has not looked at this case, as well as other appeals of the administration's policies, objectively and is quick to rule in favor of.
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