Summary
First, it acted with startling speedāso quickly, in fact, that it published the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent; he was forced to note only that a āstatementā would āfollow.ā
Relatedly, awkward phrasing in courtās order may imply that Alitoāwho first received the plaintiffsā requestāfailed to refer it to the full court, as is custom, compelling the other justices to rip the case away from him.
Second, it is plain as day that the Supreme Court simply did not trust the Trump administrationās claims that it would not deport migrants over the weekend without due process.
Finally, and perhaps most obviously, itās critical that only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents. When the court takes emergency action, justices donāt have to note their votes, but they usually do; we can probably assume that this order was 7ā2. That would mean that Chief Justice John Robertsāalong Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrettājoined this rebuke to the Trump administration.
He was a questionable pick back then, from my memory the Dem Senate grilled him so hard for his personal life that he hit the bench with a vindetta and has never made a good judicial decision in 3 decades. I believe he was also a hand pick from the heritage foundation, so he came with a TON of baggage and has always been this way as far I can remember. Iām no court scholar I just know Clarence Thomas is an asshole.