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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully. According to the Court, the law does not run afoul of the First Amendment. In United States v. Hansen , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are generally not the proper forum for resolving claims that the Executive Branch should make more arrests or bring more prosecutions.”

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Foreign Child Marriages and Constitutional Law – German Constitutional Court Holds Parts of the German Act to Combat Child Marriages Unconstitutional

Conflict of Laws

The wife in the case had been fourteen when the case started in the first instance courts; she is now 22, and her marriage certainly no longer a child marriage. And as a matter of fact, the Constitutional Court decision itself is already almost two months old; it was rendered on February 1.

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Supreme Court Rejects Cause of Action Under Bivens Against Border Patrol Agent

Constitutional Law Reporter

Egbert then checked the immigration paperwork for Boule’s guest and left after finding everything in order. The post Supreme Court Rejects Cause of Action Under Bivens Against Border Patrol Agent appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. The Turkish guest unlawfully entered Canada later that evening.

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Divided Supreme Court Limits Review of Factual Issues in Immigration Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of any judgment relating to the granting of discretionary relief in immigration proceedings enumerated under 8 U.S.C. 1255 , which would have made Patel and his wife lawful permanent residents. 1252(a)(2). Facts of the Case.

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SCOTUS Leaves Title 42 in Place Temporarily

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court agreed to keep the federal government’s Title 42 policy in place while legal challenges continue. By a vote of 5-4, the justices stayed a lower court decision that would have lifted the policy on December 21, 2022. Alejandro Mayorkas et al.,

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Morning Docket: 12.28.22

Above The Law

The majority of the Supreme Court is once again shifting their interpretation of the law in order to support right-wing political objectives! More law schools are kicking USNWR rankings to the curb. . 2022 was the year that Constitutional Law dramatically shifted (to the right). [ ABA Journal ].