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Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

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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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Federal ban on inducing unlawful immigration for financial gain may get another Supreme Court test

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After a few slow weeks on the relist front, the Supreme Court came roaring back this week with four newly relisted petitions that, if granted, will likely be added to the March 2023 argument calendar. Helaman Hansen ran an immigration-advising service. Two years ago, in United States v. Our first new relist this week, United States v.

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Justices will revisit whether certain noncitizens in lengthy detention are entitled to bond hearings

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in two related immigration cases , Johnson v. In both cases, noncitizens who are under deportation orders are challenging their prolonged detention – sometimes many months or even years — without the safeguard of a bond hearing before an immigration judge.

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Justices decline to reach merits of conservative states’ attempt to revive public charge rule

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out an effort by Arizona and 12 other states with Republican attorneys general to defend a contentious Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration refused to do so. The case, Arizona v.

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ABA Annual Meeting 2018

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In addition to top caliber speakers like Eric Holder, Rod Rosenstein, and Rahm Emanuel stopping by to present, major issues like #MeToo, immigration, the 14th Amendment, the opioid epidemic, the student loan bubble, bias at SCOTUS, the death penalty, the future of the Legal Services Corporation, and much more were discussed.

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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. On Boule’s account, Boule asked Egbert to leave, but Egbert refused, became violent, and threw Boule first against the vehicle and then to the ground. The Turkish guest unlawfully entered Canada later that evening. Anderson v.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. climate litigation charts. Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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