On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it would not be honoring the Obama administration's request for a rehearing on its immigration plan. The decision leaves the court's previous decision intact, which was a 4-4 split among the eight justices in June that upheld a lower court opinion blocking the program. The court did not offer a comment with its rejection.
Obama's plan would have shielded more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from being deported. The Obama administration had requested the justices reconsider the case once the late Justice Antonin Scalia had been replaced on the bench — though it's unclear when that will be, as Obama's nominee Merrick Garland has been denied a hearing since he was nominated back in March.
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