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The Secretary of Homeland Security ended TPS for Syria and Haiti. People who hold that protection challenged the terminations in court. The government says a federal law blocks courts from reviewing these decisions at all."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 20, lines 49-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 20, lines 49-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 52, lines 9-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 52, lines 9-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 61, lines 35-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 61, lines 35-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 15-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 15-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 76, lines 51-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 76, lines 51-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 80, lines 49-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 80, lines 49-13"}]},{"heading":"How the case got here","paragraphs":["The Secretary ended TPS for Syria and Haiti. People who hold that protection went to court to challenge those terminations. Lower courts handled the dispute before it reached the Supreme Court."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 1, lines 1-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 1, lines 1-9"}]},{"heading":"What each side wants","paragraphs":["The government asks the Court to hold that the review bar covers everything. It says the law blocks courts from reviewing the final TPS decision and every earlier step, including procedural ones like consultation. It also asks the Court to apply a forgiving standard from an earlier case, Trump v. Hawaii, to the challengers' constitutional claim.","The challengers ask the Court to read the review bar more narrowly. They say the law only blocks review of the government's judgments about conditions in each country. They want courts to still check whether the Secretary actually consulted other agencies and gathered information about country conditions. The Haiti challengers adopted the same reading as the Syria challengers."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 20, lines 49-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 20, lines 49-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 52, lines 9-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 52, lines 9-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 61, lines 35-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 61, lines 35-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 15-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 15-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 76, lines 51-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 76, lines 51-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 80, lines 49-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 80, lines 49-13"}]},{"heading":"What each side says","paragraphs":["The government's lawyers said the review bar covers any determination about TPS designation, extension, or termination. They argued that letting procedural exceptions through would gut the bar, because any substantive challenge could be relabeled as procedural. They also said TPS is meant to be temporary, and court orders would undermine that purpose.","The government's lawyers made concessions. They acknowledged the administrative record shows only brief email exchanges for consultation, with nothing else identified. They agreed a Secretary could end TPS by social media post with no procedure, and that would still not be reviewable. They also said the review bar does not reach constitutional claims."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 20, lines 49-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 20, lines 49-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 52, lines 9-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 52, lines 9-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 61, lines 35-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 61, lines 35-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 15-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 15-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 76, lines 51-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 76, lines 51-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 80, lines 49-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 80, lines 49-13"}]},{"heading":"What the justices asked","paragraphs":["Justice Alito asked whether the word determination needs an unusual meaning for the challengers to win. He also warned that letting courts review how thorough consultation was could invite endless procedural lawsuits.","Chief Justice Roberts asked whether the government's reliance on Trump v. Hawaii stretches that case to cover these TPS terminations. Justice Kavanaugh asked the government to explain why Congress would want such a broad review bar. He also asked whether regime change in Syria counts as a significant change in conditions."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 41-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 41-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 13-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 13-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 37-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-1083_0pl1.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 37-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 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