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California dispatch: Los Angeles County sheriff’s controversial right turn has made him a villain to many

JURIST

Villanueva spent a large part of his childhood in Puerto Rico and is of part Puerto Rican heritage himself. ” Villanueva also promised to end the “pipeline to deportation” by cutting off the Sheriff’s Department’s cooperation and financial ties with federal immigration authorities. .”

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Relist Watch

SCOTUSBlog

But with so many relists primed to grant, the court may make substantial inroads on filling its fall argument calendar on the next order list. The court won’t be meeting in conference for four weeks after this Friday. Seven of this week’s relists have something strange in common: All were considered at the court’s Jan. 15 conference.

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