You've seen the ice raids, mass agents grabbing people who they think might be undocumented, sometimes only on the basis of skin color.

Or because they were speaking Spanish.

How can this possibly be legal in the United States of America?

More fear.

Terrorizing communities.

170 U.S. citizens were detained by homeland security.

Well, it became legal just six weeks ago,

when the Supreme Court gave ICE the greenlight to use racial profiling

to decide who they suspect is undocumented.

What made the Supreme Court's decision so concerning

wasn't just how the court ruled,

but also how little explanation the public received.

The court held no oral arguments, they didn't reveal the vote ruled, but also how little explanation the public received. The court held no oral arguments. They didn't reveal the vote count.

And the majority's explanation amounted to little more than because we said so.

Like so many recent decisions from the Supreme Court,

this decision was delivered through a shortcut called the Emergency Docket.

It's meant for emergencies, but the Trump administration has been using it over and over again

to expand the powers of the presidency, and the Supreme Court is playing along.

Yes, that's right, the shadow docket.

The Supreme Court is using it to expand the already unthinkable powers of Donald and the Trump regime.

Up until now, for over 200 years, the Supreme Court operated within a measure of transparency.

This is no longer the case.

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