Potus Bogus on Scotus

“The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a highly anticipated set of cases that threatens the legal status of some 700,000 young immigrants — often called DREAMers — who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. It’s a program that President Trump tried to rescind seven months after taking office, only to have the lower courts block his action.” NPR: DACA Recipients Look To Supreme Court For Hope.

+ President Trump provided the court with an amicus brief and a writ of certiorari. Just kidding, he tweeted. And … wait for it … lied in the tweet. “Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals.” Fact check: “Dreamers have a lower-rate of incarceration than native-born Americans, according to a 2017 study by the libertarian CATO Institute. And only qualified dreamers who have ‘not been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor or three or more other misdemeanors’ can even be considered for DACA status.” (If Trump is looking for hardened criminals, he might want to start with Señor Manafort, Caballero Cohen, and Don Stone…)