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Above The Law
MAY 5, 2025
9 Milwaukee Judge Charged with Obstructing Immigration Agents is Relieved of Duty. First, from MSNBC : The Wisconsin judge accused of obstructing federal authorities who were seeking to detain an undocumented immigrant for deportation was temporarily relieved of her duties Tuesday, an order from the states high court shows.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MARCH 10, 2022
The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. United States : The case involves the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause and how it applies toa prosecution in the Court of Indian Offenses. Texas : The case involves gaming activities on Native American land in Texas. Texas , 36 F.3d
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. First, let’s look at the law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The undocumented migrants who were transferred to Martha’s Vineyard have quickly adopted one common American practice: litigation. Indeed, I teach in torts where an immigrant to the United States filed a tort action for an involuntary inoculation upon entry in O’Brien v. YouTube screengrab. DeSantis.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 12, 2023
Texas , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. In their opinion, Congress specifically prohibited courts from issuing injunctions related to certain immigration laws. In United States v.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
To its credit, the Fifth Circuit did not give the Klain tweet the weight that the Ninth Circuit gave Trump’s tweets in its rulings against his immigration orders. Nothing could be more damaging to the litigation and the federal courts quickly rejected the CDC and Tribe arguments. Here is the opinion: BST Holdings v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Ironically, this move comes on the same day that Attorney General Merrick Garland denounced the “clever” use of the Texas abortion law to make it more difficult to challenge. It is again politics driving litigation by the Justice Department. The question is whether this clever work around will in fact work.
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