"The Supreme Court sharply curtails the authority of the EPA to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change. In a 6-3 ruling, the court sides with conservative states and fossil-fuel companies in adopting a narrow reading of the Clean Air Act."
"The Supreme Court ALLOWS the Biden administration to terminate the controversial Trump-era asylum policy known as "remain in Mexico." Red states argued that Biden was obliged to keep the policy, but SCOTUS says in a 5-4 ruling that the administration can end it."
They view and treat this conflict as a war, therefore it IS one (whether it suits your ideals or not). The overly principled lose wars unless they possess overwhelming force. We do NOT possess overwhelming force so all tactics are acceptable unless we reach an agreement with the enemy to discontinue them. We once had such tacit agreements but they have long since violated them, so reciprocation is in order. Imagine one of the sides in WW1 refusing to use machine guns because they went against their principles.