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Open Borders and Closed Courts: How the Supreme Court Laid the Seeds for the Immigration Crisis

JonathanTurley

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.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

SCOTUSBlog

Her mother hails from Jamaica, while her late father was the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. During law school, Kruger spent one summer as an intern for the U.S. After graduating from Yale in 2001, she spent a year working as an associate at Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C., Early life and career.

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Is Biden About To Help Make The Case For A Self-Pardon?

JonathanTurley

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.