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The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harm they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations. In an action that prompted a sharp dissent from its three liberal justices, the court granted the administration’s request to lift a judicial order requiring that migrants set for deportation to so-called “third countries” get a “meaningful opportunity” to tell US officials they are at risk of torture at their new destination, while a legal challenge plays out. Boston-based US District Judge Brian Murphy had issued the order on April 18. The Supreme Court’s brief order was unsigned and offered no reasoning, as is common when it decides emergency requests. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by the two other liberal justices, called the decision a “gross abuse” of the court’s power....

The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has filed three miscellaneous petitions in the Supreme Court regarding the reserved seats case, raising objections to the current bench and calling for a live broadcast of the proceedings.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the review petition in the reserved seats case until May 19.