The DACA decision left GOP Sen. Josh Hawley 'disappointed' with the Supreme Court. It left Chuck Schumer in tears.
Conservative senators aren't mad at the Supreme Court, they're just disappointed.
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court's liberal wing on Thursday to overturn President Trump's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation and extends their work eligibility. That, combined with Tuesday's decision to affirm it's illegal to fire workers for their sexual or gender orientation, has Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) convinced it's "the most disappointing week at SCOTUS in years."
Hawley made that determination in a Thursday tweet, declaring the court "continues to invent and rewrite statutes at will."
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) backed him up on the "disappointing" bit in a tweet of her own. And Trump, well, just seemed insecure about the whole thing.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) teared up while discussing the DACA decision on the Senate floor just minutes after it was issued. But even though Trump has channeled Schumer's tears into a mocking nickname in the past, the senator wasn't afraid to own up to his emotions. Kathryn Krawczyk
