Red States Can’t Step In to Defend Trump-Era Public Charge Rule (1)

Arizona and other red states can’t defend a Trump-era immigration rule after the US Supreme Court dismissed the states’ appeal despite hearing oral argument.

The Biden administration not only refused to defend the “public charge” rule in court, but it also rescinded the rule while drafting another. That maneuvering was viewed skeptically by several of the justices.

In the end, however, the justices determined there were too many other issues preventing them from getting to the heart of the matter, and dismissed—as “improvidently granted"—the case. The dismissal on Wednesday leaves in place a lower court ruling that said Arizona couldn’t ...