SCOTUS Streamlines Review of Asylum Decisions

The Supreme Court this week issued a unanimous opinion in Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, affirming a decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that had rejected a claim by a family of Salvadoran nationals that they had improperly been denied humanitarian protection. That opinion will streamline judicial review of administrative asylum adjudications — and rein in activist federal judges, especially in so-called “sympathetic” cases.