Wed Apr 20, 2016

The Strange Career of United States v. Texas (Dorf on Law)

The Strange Career of United States v. TexasWhen the justices of the Supreme Court deliberate over the issues in United States v. Texas, the Republican lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Obama administration’s immigration initiatives, they would do well to reflect upon just how far the arguments that the plaintiffs have presented to them diverge from those that were presented to Judge Andrew Hanen in the Southern District of Texas when the lawsuit was originally filed.

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Mon Apr 18, 2016

Ending Judicial Truthiness on Immigration (Washington Monthly)

Ending Judicial Truthiness on Immigration (Washington Monthly)When the Supreme Court considers what it hears this week in United States v. Texas—the Republican lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s immigration initiatives—the justices should start by getting the basic facts right, which is something that both the administration’s political opponents and lower court judges have scrupulously failed to do.

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