Supreme Court Holds 6–3 That Certain Visa Decisions Cannot Be Challenged

The Supreme Court on June 21 denied an appeal aimed at allowing U.S. citizens, whose spouses were denied immigrant visas, an opportunity to challenge those denials in court. The 6–3 decision, which held that a U.S. citizen does not have a legal right to bring her foreign citizen spouse to the country, was written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. The case, Department of State v. Munoz, concerns the doctrine of “consular nonreviewability,” which is the legal principle that a U.S. consular official’s decision to refuse a visa to a foreigner is not subject to judicial review....