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UN expresses concern over moves by UK government to facilitate Rwanda removal plan for migrants

JURIST

The UN expressed concern Monday over the UK government’s action to make the Rwanda deal operational. ” He warned of the negative human rights implications, stating: The combined effects of this bill, attempting to shield Government action from standard legal scrutiny, directly undercut basic human rights principles. .”

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

JonathanTurley

Circuit Judges James Ho and Kurt Engelhardt), Chief Judge Priscilla Richman found that President Obama did indeed circumvent Congress and evaded the limits imposed in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it enacted DACA in 2012. The court declared: “Under the first factor, DACA’s deficiencies are severe.

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A Bill Comes Due: Will California Pony Up for Reparations?

JonathanTurley

Notably, California’s law expressly states that this money should not be treated as compensation for federal reparations. That raises the question of whether a resident could receive $5 million from San Francisco, $223,000 from the state, and additional payments from the federal government. In City of Richmond v.

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Unpacked and Undivided: Is The Court Sending A Message With A Litany Of 9-0 Decisions?

JonathanTurley

As we await important and likely divided decisions on issues like abortion, Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues seem to be sending a message that the Court is not so rigidly ideological as Democratic members and activists suggest. cannot be reconciled with the terms of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-00028 (D. July 30, 2021).

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

JonathanTurley

In that case, a 5-3 majority ruled against a state seeking to enforce immigration laws in light of what it described as a vacuum of federal action. The court declared that the states were preempted or barred from taking such action. States yielded authority to the central government, including interstate matters.