SCOTUS Allows “Race or Ethnicity” Profiling

In an unsigned order the Supreme Court lifted a restriction on ICE from conducting indiscriminate stops and raids in Los Angeles that have been decried as racial profiling.

Episode 351 of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "SCOTUS Allows “Race or Ethnicity” Profiling" was published on September 9, 2025 and runs 22 minutes.

September 9, 2025 ·22m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

In an unsigned order the Supreme Court lifted a restriction on ICE from conducting indiscriminate stops and raids in Los Angeles that have been decried as racial profiling.

Episode Description

After a string of losses in lower courts by the Trump administration, in an unsigned order on Monday, the Supreme Court lifted a restriction on ICE from conducting indiscriminate stops and raids in Los Angeles that have been decried as racial profiling.

On Today's Show:
Lindsay Nash, professor of law at Cardozo Law, co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic and co-director of the Center for Immigration Innovation, offers legal analysis of the ruling, and its implications for previously established protections against racial profiling.