Not since President Bill Clinton quibbled with gymnastic verbal contortions over what is “is” have we seen language twisted the same way it has been done by the Supreme Court over the past few weeks.
HOW LONG IS TEMPORARY? First, a 6-3 decision dealt with “Temporary” protected status (TPS) for about 350,000 Haitians plus those from 16 other countries granted entry into the US. The Court found that temporary means “temporary” rather than permanent. Hard to believe it takes a Supreme Court decision to discover that; or that three Justices still failed to comprehend that relatively simple fact.
On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled in Mullin v. Doe that the Department of Homeland Security has broad authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS), significantly limiting judicial review of such decisions.
TPS was an immigration status prior governments have given to nationals from 17 countries after determining it wouldn’t be safe to deport them because of fallout from political unrest or in the wake of natural disasters. But in a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said it has no ability to second-guess the decision by the Trump administration to rescind TPS for Haitians and Syrians, two countries that remain impacted by violence.
Many of those enjoying their “temporary” status have been in the US for decades. The ruling will go into effect in about a month. A question is how aggressive the Trump administration will be in enforcing the ruling.
COURT RECOGNIZES WHAT IS A “WOMAN”. Despite some on the court being unable to define a woman, the majority was able to do that with ease.
The Court on June 30 ruled that states may exclude transgender girls and women, i.e. MEN, from female sports teams. The 6-3 decision (unanimously in part) upheld laws in Idaho and West Virginia, concluding that these bans do not violate federal civil rights or the Constitution but are necessary to protect girls and women.
In his 29-page opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that “[c]onsistent with Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause, we hold that the States may maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females. They may determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex. The Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women’s and girls’ sports throughout America.”
Common sense prevailed; now it needs to be applied in other states that continually allow men to compete unfairly against women and girls.
ELECTION “DAY” OR WHENEVER? The Court had a much harder time defining what election DAY means. The 5-4 majority left a Mississippi law (and similar laws in over a dozen states) in place that permits counting mail in ballots delivered after Election Day ends. Justice Alito pointed out that the ruling leaves a wide open door to election fraud. The majority of the court ignored the fact that date stamps on envelopes can easily be manipulated.
Fortunately, cases upcoming before the Court may limit fraud, but only after the midterms are over. Perhaps President Trump will barnstormers the country promoting the Save America Act requiring photo identification and citizenship for voting in the wake of the Supremes falling short of protecting election integrity.
COURT IGNORES REALITY IN UPHOLDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR ILLEGALS. No excuse and no serious rationale for allowing the system to be gamed so blatantly by those breaking our laws. No other countries are this idiotic, but leave it to the liberal three and squishy two on the Court to put their biases against Trump and America ahead of their obligations to apply a clear reading of the law and the intent clearly expressed when laws were passed. Roberts and Barrett clearly hate Trump; sadly they let that overcome their love of America (if they possess it) or devotion to their obligations to rule fairly and honestly.
Steve Gill is editor and Publisher of TriStar Daily.
