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The Supreme Court 4–4 leaves the injunction against DAPA in place

On 23 June 2016 the Supreme Court, 4–4, affirmed by an equally divided court the Fifth Circuit’s injunction against DAPA and the DACA expansion in United States v. Texas. The 20 November 2014 attempt remains a separate row. In the causal graph this event strengthens Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 23 June 2016 the Supreme Court, 4–4, affirmed by an equally divided court the Fifth Circuit’s injunction against DAPA and the DACA expansion in United States v. Texas. The 20 November 2014 attempt remains a separate row.

Context

Judge Hanen’s February 2015 injunction sat as parent. Neighbouring DACA 2012 continued for the original class. He did not sit as the Court. Texas led petitioner states. Scalia’s death produced the 4–4.

DAPA 20 November 2014 is the parent attempt. DACA 15 June 2012 remains a neighbour that continued.

A United States president proposes, signs, vetoes, and directs the executive. Congress enacts statutes. The Federal Reserve, states, courts, and later presidents share later series. Office-holding is not authorship of every later outcome. Allegation is not a completed judgment. Legislative achievements require shared congressional attribution. He does not set the federal funds rate, write a state Medicaid waiver by himself, or convert a 2009 oath into a unique 2016 uninsured coefficient. A signature is not unique authorship of a House and Senate text. A troop order is not authorship of every later round. He is not president as of 27 August 2026. Donald Trump is president from 20 January 2025. Joe Biden was president 2021–2025.

Why it matters

The path is protection of minority rights: a completed nationwide injunction left standing against parental deferred action.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Barack Obama

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    The Court split. Texas won the injunction. He had issued the parent memos.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Supreme Court 4-4 split deals blow to Obama immigration planReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Supreme Court of the United States — docket 15-674, United States v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Supreme Court of the United States carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: 23 June 2016 4–4 leaving the DAPA injunction in place, independently reported.

Not established: that original 2012 DACA uniquely fell that day — it did not — or a unique later removal coefficient from the 4–4 hour.

Texas won the injunction. He had issued the parent memos.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies The Supreme Court 4–4 leaves the injunction against DAPA in place, not a later speech about The Supreme Court 4–4 leaves the injunction against DAPA in place.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to The Court split. Texas won the injunction. He had issued the parent memos. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorBarack Obama
  2. contributed toFactThe Supreme Court 4–4 leaves the injunction against DAPA in place
  3. strengthensDrivers (2)Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Supreme Court 4–4 leaves the injunction against DAPA in place. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/us-obama-dapa-blocked-2016

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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