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US appeals court upholds preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of Texas immigration law SB4 pending litigation

JURIST

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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Federal judge declines Texas request to block immigration officials from cutting border fencing

JURIST

This is not the only litigation concerning Texas taking steps to block immigration into the state from Mexico. In September, a US federal appeals court ruled that Texas can leave a floating barrier in the Rio Grande.

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Court ruling gives Guatemalan woman new chance to appeal deportation

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Share In an opinion released on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that noncitizens subject to deportation do not have to ask the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider its allegedly erroneous decisions before seeking judicial review in the federal courts of appeals. The case, Santos-Zacaria v.

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Canada Supreme Court to hear challenge to US-Canada refugee agreement

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday they would hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that re-implemented Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) with the United States. The Supreme Court’s hearing has not yet been scheduled.

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Supreme Court takes up RICO and veterans “benefit of the doubt” cases

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The district court ruled for Medical Marijuana and the other companies on Horn’s RICO claim. The companies came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to take up the case and weigh in. The justices granted two other petitions for review on Monday: Bouarfa v.

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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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Major abortion case set for argument on Dec. 1

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The court was deeply divided in the Texas case, with the conservative majority acknowledging that the challengers had “raised serious questions regarding the constitutionality of the Texas law.” 1 argument date in the Mississippi case was part of the Supreme Court’s release of its December argument calendar. Garland (Dec.