Lyle Denniston

Nov 20 2015

Test of immigration policy reaches the Court

Acting swiftly to try to get a Supreme Court decision by next summer, the Obama administration on Friday filed the opening papers in United States v. Texas — the epic battle over who controls U.S. immigration policy.  The appeal was filed just eleven days after a federal appeals court had blocked enforcement of the policy, which is aimed at postponing deportation of close to five million undocumented immigrants.

The petition and the appeals court ruling are linked and discussed in a post by this author on scotusblog.com.

Lyle Denniston continues to write about the U.S. Supreme Court, although he “retired” at the end of 2019 following more than six decades on that news beat. He was there for three revolutions – civil rights, women’s rights, and gay rights – and the start of a fourth, on transgender rights. His career of following the law began at the Otoe County Courthouse in his hometown, Nebraska City, Nebraska, in the fall of 1948. His online, eight-week, college-level course – “The Supreme Court and American Politics” – is available from the University of Baltimore Law School, and it is free.

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