Constitutional Law Court Rules Immigration Texas 
Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 12, 2023
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. In their opinion, Congress specifically prohibited courts from issuing injunctions related to certain immigration laws.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 6, 2022
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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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. In California, Newsom pledged to re-purpose the Texas “heartbeat law” to limit gun rights. The Texas “heartbeat” law was pushing the long-standing question of limits within the pre-viability period of a pregnancy.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
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.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
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. No state faces a greater danger than Texas.
JonathanTurley
JULY 9, 2022
Below is my column in the Hill on the effort to declare an “invasion” along the Texas border to allow the state to take greater control along the border to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. This week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to declare an “invasion” of the state by illegal immigrants. United States.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Take the series of losses recently by the Biden Administration in areas like immigration. The Administration lost a number of unilateral moves by Biden on the basis of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), a law requiring the government to consider objections and countervailing facts before making final decisions.
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