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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. United States : The case involves the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause and how it applies toa prosecution in the Court of Indian Offenses. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. The justices heard oral arguments in three cases.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. That is what constitutes “smart law” in the age of rage. DeSantis’s ‘tongue in cheek’ immigration relocation law. These would be deeply insulting to invoke in an immigration context.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

Yet his record is not unblemished: He distrusted immigrants from China and even voted to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born If the court had ordered that Jackson Giles and his 5,000 co-plaintiffs be registered as voters, it’s likely that, as Holmes feared, many Alabama officials would have defied the ruling. born children.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Supreme Court called the appellate court’s conclusion that there are always reasonable legal alternatives to disobeying constitutional laws “untenable,” and held that “reasonable legal alternatives” must be effective. Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. BP p.l.c. , In Juliana v.

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Our Crisis of Faith on Constitution Day

JonathanTurley

Whether it is the circumvention of Congress or launching unilateral wars, presidents dance to their own tune to the gleeful applause of their supporters. Take the series of losses recently by the Biden Administration in areas like immigration. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v.

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Supreme Court Delivers New Rebuke to the Biden Administration in Reinstating the “Remain in Mexico”

JonathanTurley

In the prior decision, the Court ruled 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. It is the same basis that Democrats used to successfully challenge some Trump immigration policy changes.

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