Constitutional Law Criminal Law Government Immigration 
JonathanTurley
MAY 20, 2025
From Democratic members of Congress to judges to city council members, officials claim that their official duties include obstructing the official functions of the federal government. Tim Walz called the “ modern-day Gestapo ” of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The latest claimant of this license is Rep.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
The California provision states that kidnapping involves someone who “abducts or takes by force or fraud any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state.” state once they are released by the federal government.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 26, 2023
The question before the justices was whether a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of the freedom of speech. Hansen challenged the constitutionality of the ban on “encouraging or inducing” immigration.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 28, 2024
Many of us had predicted this result given the prior precedent of the Supreme Court on the federal preemption of state immigration laws. ” I also previously discussed how this interpretation would fail due to the text, intent, and history of the underlying constitutional provision. United States , 567 U.S.
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. Most are promptly released, and many are not even asked to appear for eight years at an immigration proceeding. For the states, desperate times call for desperate measures.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 25, 2021
It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling. Obama actually used his State of the Union address to declare his intent to circumvent the legislative branch after it refused to pass his legislation in areas such as the environment and immigration.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 8, 2020
She engineered her own firing at the hands of Trump – a virtual canonizing act for the media and many liberals. When Trump was inaugurated, Yates had only a few days left in government. She became acting attorney general in January 2017, following the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
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