In Feb 28 oral arguments in the climate case, the conservative justices appeared sceptical of the federal government's authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, in a case that could undermine Mr Biden's plans to tackle climate change.
that forced tens of thousands of migrants to stay in Mexico to await US hearings on their asylum claims. The Biden administration has appealed a Lower Court ruling reinstating Mr Trump's policy after the Republican-led states of Texas and Missouri sued to maintain the programme. Mr Biden suspended Mr Trump's policy, which had changed longstanding US practice, in January 2021 shortly after taking office and acted to rescind it five months later.
Mr Trump's administration adopted the policy, formally known as the"Migrant Protection Protocols", in response to an increase in migration along the US-Mexican border in 2018. The policy prevented certain non-Mexican migrants, including asylum seekers fearing persecution in their home countries, from being released into the US to await immigration proceedings, instead returning them to Mexico.
On April 7, the Senate confirmed Ms Jackson on a vote of 53-47, with three Republicans joining Mr Biden's fellow Democrats. Mr Breyer, at 83, is the oldest of the nine justices. Ms Jackson, 51, is a federal appellate judge. All but three of the 115 justices who have served on the High Court have been white, with two black members, including current Justice Clarence Thomas, and one Hispanic, current Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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