The Supreme Court Must Rein in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

The Supreme Court will evaluate the legal limits of the Trump administration's third-country deportation policy this December. Simultaneously, arguments suggest the Supreme Court must increase oversight of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (DCCA). In a recent 7-to-2 per curiam decision, the Supreme Court reversed the DCCA for failing to assess the totality of circumstances regarding reasonable articulable suspicion under the Fourth Amendment, ruling against the practice of dissecting facts in isolation during criminal defendant seizures.