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US Supreme Court rules states lack constitutional standing in key immigration case

JURIST

Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally.

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Texas, Louisiana sue federal government for failing to take custody of convicted individuals subject to deportation

JURIST

Texas and Louisiana filed suit against the federal government Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging that immigration authorities declined to take custody of convicted individuals who could be subject to deportation.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

Two decades later, Wilson’s felony record continues to block her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse in Texas—a state that denies licensure to people convicted of specific crimes, including drug offenses. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions. Judge Paul A.

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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

SCOTUSBlog

All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. But Congress, seeking to reduce the second-guessing of immigration officials, has foreclosed judicial review of purely “discretionary” immigration decisions.

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“Supreme Court Weighs Reviving Biden Immigration Guidelines; The justices wrestled with questions about states’ standing to sue, whether the guidelines were lawful and the limits of judicial power over immigration”

HowAppealing

“Supreme Court Weighs Reviving Biden Immigration Guidelines; The justices wrestled with questions about states’ standing to sue, whether the guidelines were lawful and the limits of judicial power over immigration”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G. ” Uriel J.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. The federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana enjoined work on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. 16-35380, 16-35382 (9th Cir. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5

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