JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is normally a federal matter. The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2024

The US Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Monday to permit federal border patrol agents to cut the razor wire that Texas installed on the US-Mexico border. The Biden administration requested the decision to allow federal agents to access the border without facing tort claims from Texas.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

Texas and Louisiana filed suit against the federal government Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging that immigration authorities declined to take custody of convicted individuals who could be subject to deportation.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

“Supreme Court Weighs Reviving Biden Immigration Guidelines; The justices wrestled with questions about states’ standing to sue, whether the guidelines were lawful and the limits of judicial power over immigration”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 19, 2022

Now-retired prosecutor Ralph Petty earned a living at the Midland County District Attorney’s Office in West Texas. He also moonlighted as a law clerk for the same judges who presided over his cases. Overall, Petty simultaneously served as a prosecutor and law clerk at least 300 times. Photo by Clyde Robinson via Flickr.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Texas , involving alleged sex discrimination in juror selection (over the dissent of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson); six-time relist McKesson v. A federal district judge in Texas invalidated the rule and entered a national injunction against it. The court denied review of nine-time relist Compton v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a case that is expected to define the scope of federal identity theft law. David Dubin was the managing partner of PARTS, a psychology practice in Texas. The post Supreme Court to Clarify What Constitutes Identity Theft appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Facts of the Case.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. First, let’s look at the law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 3, 2022

There have been more than 250 new laws passed in that 18-month period alone — amazing state efforts to roll back the malign effects of the 30-year crime war,” the CCRC details. On a more broad spectrum, a pardon may be necessary to enable anyone to run for elected office, or simply secure a professional or business license.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Gene Deveraux was sentenced to 100 years in Montana prison for multiple sexual felonies against his former wife and stepdaughter. Earlier this year, the court declined to hear an appeal by Kristopher Love, a Black man on death row in Texas who argued that the seating of a racially biased juror in his case was structural error.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

8 for a packed session of oral arguments – starting with immigration policy and the post-9/11 “No Fly List” and ending on Jan. That, the justices said, violated the Constitution’s requirement that Congress provide “uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.” Smith was charged with five felony counts.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Many Americans consider polygraphs the sole determiner for truthfulness, whether they’re used in law enforcement, trial testimony or government hiring practices. My circle of family and friends comprises veteran immigration agents and persons with significant law enforcement experience. I was confident of being accepted.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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