Immigration Rhode Island Statute 
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The Executive Branch has a duty to align federal spending and action with the will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations, not through Presidential priorities,’ Rhode Island federal Judge John McConnell scolded in the January 31 TRO , reminding the feds that actually Congress has the power of the purse.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The defendants filed their reply brief on January 22, 2020, reiterating their arguments that the Tenth Circuit should review the entire remand order, not just the district court’s determination that removal was not proper under the federal-officer removal statute, and that there were multiple valid grounds for removal. Rhode Island v.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Today’s hiding comes courtesy of Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who is not impressed with the government’s claim to have violated his prior TRO by accident. Apparently they remain locked out of their computers and their offices have been taken over by immigration officials. National Council of Nonprofits v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 6, 2018
DHS had waived the requirements of NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and other laws pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Rhode Island v.
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