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Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

Constitutional Law Reporter

Texas , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. On the merits, the District Court found the Guidelines unlawful and vacated them. In United States v. 1231(a)(2) ).

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SCOTUS Rules District Courts Can’t Second Guess Appellate Courts’ Ruling on Costs

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that a district court does not have the discretion to deny or reduce the costs awarded by an appellate court under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 39. On appeal, the Court of Appeals determined that the OTCs had not underpaid on their taxes. Supreme Court’s Decision. Hotels.com, L.P.,

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“DACA’s Deficiencies are Severe”: Federal Appellate Court Rules Against DACA

JonathanTurley

Now the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court in ruling against DACA. The court declared: “Under the first factor, DACA’s deficiencies are severe. The district court’s excellent opinion correctly identified fundamental substantive defects in the program.

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Open Borders and Closed Courts: How the Supreme Court Laid the Seeds for the Immigration Crisis

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the worsening situation at the Southern border and how the Supreme Court laid the seeds for this crisis over a decade ago. The courts have left few options for either the states or Congress in compelling the enforcement of federal law. No state faces a greater danger than Texas.

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Federal Court Rules in Favor of UNT Professor Fired for Criticizing Microaggression Policy

JonathanTurley

We previously discussed concerns over free speech on the campus of the University of North Texas, including the canceling of an event on child gender transitioning. Judge Sean Jordan ruled that Professor Hiers may proceed to trial on his free speech claim. ” The University of North Texas and President Neal J.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. In NAACP v. Recently, the U.S.

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Turley Speaks at Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference

JonathanTurley

Lucero of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. I will be joined by two distinguished academics: Professor Elizabeth Sepper, University of Texas at Austin School of Law and Professor John Yoo, University of California Berkeley School of Law. the Court handed down two major such rulings. In the last term.