Posted on Apr 17, 2018
SCOTUS nixes part of law requiring deportation of immigrants convicted of some crimes
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VERY good news.
Our immigration law has long been plagued with vague definitions and broad efforts to strip people of their due process rights.
Particularly interesting to me was that Justice Gorsuch joined with the liberal side of the bench, as Scalia had been known to do when confronted with vague laws.
Our immigration law has long been plagued with vague definitions and broad efforts to strip people of their due process rights.
Particularly interesting to me was that Justice Gorsuch joined with the liberal side of the bench, as Scalia had been known to do when confronted with vague laws.
SCOTUS nixes part of law requiring deportation of immigrants convicted of some crimes
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When confronted with vague laws, it is probably in the best interests of the people to side with the defendant over the government.
Is there a full text of the decision available yet?
Is there a full text of the decision available yet?
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PFC Jim Wheeler
SSG William Bowen "you have the right to an attorney; if you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you."
I'm assuming you have never heard that before?
Just an FYI, immigrants pay taxes too. Sales, property, and, in most cases, income.
I'm assuming you have never heard that before?
Just an FYI, immigrants pay taxes too. Sales, property, and, in most cases, income.
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SSG William Bowen
Of course I have heard that. That's just the way it is, but does not mean I support it or agree with it.
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PFC Jim Wheeler
SSG William Bowen you don't believe poor people should be able to have legal representation?
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SSG William Bowen
It doesn't matter what I believe, it's the way it is. I, and I imagine a lot of people, think it's messed up that someone can break in my house and steal my stuff, and then my tax money pays for their defense. That aside, in this case we don't even know if they guy had representation in the original cases. He plead guilty, which could have been that's what his lawyer (public defender or not) advised him to do or he didn't have a lawyer and he didn't know the full ramifications of a guilty plea. If he did have a lawyer (again, public defender or not), he did him no favors by allowing him to plead guilty, which could result in a deportation. Typically, we think of immigration lawyers as helping those with immigration issues and becoming citizens and how to get their family member here and things such as that, but also I would hope they would be versed in the consequences certain criminal acts can have on someone's status whether they are legal or not.
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