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National Law Journal

Trump Relies on Roberts-Argued 1992 Supreme Court Case in Latest Census Maneuvering

The census statute "does not curtail the president's authority to direct the secretary in making policy judgments that result in 'the decennial census,'" then-Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote. John Roberts Jr., then a U.S. Justice Department lawyer, argued for the government.
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The Recorder

Acknowledging 'Heart-Rending' Decisions on Family Separations, Judge Denies Release of Detained Immigrant Parents

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote "parents face a difficult choice: release their children to sponsors for an unknown amount of time, or keep their children with them in conditions that petitioners fear are dangerous."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Anti-Immigrant Policies, How They Hurt Us and What to Do About It

The proposal applies to everyone, not simply those on our southern border. It applies to the 300,000 persons whose applications are pending as well as to any future applicant regardless of where or how they enter the country.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Big Law Rushed to Sue Over ICE's Policy for International Students During COVID. Now Trump Officials Are Dropping It.

Big Law firms, including Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Crowell & Moring, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, had challenged the policy in court.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Why Nationwide Injunctions Survived Another US Supreme Court Term

"Although a few justices are on the warpath against nationwide injunctions, the rest realize that the issue is very complicated, and could end up disempowering courts," one legal scholar says.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

COVID-19's Impact on US Immigration: Some Key Changes

During these unprecedented times, numerous countries, including the United States have imposed travel restrictions in an effort to curtail the spread of the disease. Over the past several months, the Trump administration has used the COVID-19 outbreak to pursue restrictive immigration policy changes.
6 minute read

The Recorder

UC System Taps Crowell & Moring in ICE Student Visa Litigation

The University of California's legal team, which includes Crowell & Moring's Jennifer Romano and Emily Kuwahara, said the policy change is "cruel and dangerous," in the complaint filed July 10.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Revisiting Justice Stevens' Dissent in 'Fedorenko v. U.S.'

Justice John Paul Stevens, who would have turned 100 in April, passed away one year ago this July. His 2019 autobiography discussed his position in many of his cases. One case not mentioned was 'Fedorenko v. United States.' The decision's significance and concomitant symbolism warrant revisiting Stevens' dissent.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Bar Says Trump Admin Uses COVID-19 to Illegally Block Asylum Seekers

The bar association's letter contends that since mid-March some 40,000 people, including asylum seekers and unaccompanied children, have been expelled at U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border processing centers under new administration policies that flout U.S. and international law.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: The 33-Year-Old Hogan Lovells Associate Who Scored a Comeback Win for Asylum Seekers

Reich helped convince a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to do an about-face and find Trump officials violated the Administrative Procedure Act by not following the law's "notice-and-comment" requirement before enacting a new asylum rule.
9 minute read

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