Mullin v. Doe (TPS Termination Judicial Review & Equal Protection)
Current understanding
The Supreme Court held that the Temporary Protected Status statute bars judicial review of non-constitutional challenges to TPS terminations, and that equal protection claims alleging racial motivation in the termination of Haiti’s TPS designation are unlikely to succeed given the government’s race-neutral policy explanations. The ruling reversed lower court orders that had postponed the terminations, allowing them to proceed. Practically, this narrows the avenues by which TPS beneficiaries and advocates can contest terminations in court, limiting review largely to constitutional claims that meet a high threshold.
Evidence log
- 2026-06-23 — Blanche v. Lau: cross-connection with blanche-v-lau-due-process-lpr: Companion immigration due process rulings addressing the standard of review and evidentiary thresholds applicable when the executive branch changes the status of long-resident noncitizens. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-06-25 — Mullin v. Doe: cross-connection with mullin-v-al-otro-lado-asylum: Both are Supreme Court decisions in the Mullin line narrowing judicial review of immigration enforcement actions affecting noncitizens’ status and access. (novelty: 4)