Constitutional Law Court Rules Immigration Washington 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. That is what constitutes “smart law” in the age of rage. DeSantis’s ‘tongue in cheek’ immigration relocation law. These would be deeply insulting to invoke in an immigration context.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
For example, New York and numerous other cities have declared themselves to be “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants yet, in recent months, have protested increasing transfers of such immigrants to their jurisdiction. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 1, 2021
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.
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”. State of Washington ex rel. Spokane County District Court , No. Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. FEATURED CASE.
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. They have often found the courts closed to them.
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. Greg Abbott signed an order allowing Texas law enforcement to return illegal immigrants apprehended in the state back to the U.S.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 8, 2020
However, Sally Yates is one of the most astute political operatives in Washington. Former Justice official and Harvard professor Jack Goldsmith pointed out that Yates neither determined the immigration order to be unconstitutional nor cited any basis for refusing to defend it. The order was constitutional.
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