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| Supreme Court strikes down key deportation provision, with Gorsuch help | |
| 2018-04-18 | |
| [FoxNews] Justice Neil Gorsuch provided the decisive vote Tuesday in a Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision that made it easier to deport immigrants convicted of violent crimes, in a blow to the Trump administration. President Trump's Supreme Court pick has largely sided with the conservative members of the bench since his appointment, but sided with the liberal wing on Tuesday. "Today’s Court decision means that Congress must close loopholes that block the removal of dangerous criminal aliens, including aggravated felons. This is a public safety crisis that can only be fixed by Congress – House and Senate must quickly pass a legislative fix to ensure violent criminal aliens can be removed from our society. Keep America Safe!" Trump tweeted in response Tuesday evening.
The court's 5-4 decision concerned a provision of federal immigration law that defines a "crime of violence." Conviction for a crime of violence subjects an immigrant to deportation and usually speeds up the process. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Yep, LG, much, maybe most, of the squishiness is there on purpose depending on who's doing what to whom. The growth of the bureaucracy didn't happen by accident. The more loop holes and nuances the more chances for wealth manipulation. Make the laws tight and Insty's phrase comes in; "Where's the graft in that?" |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-18 09:14 |
| #7 alanc you make a good point, many, many laws are, as you say, squishy the problem with fixing the squishiness is that the squish is there on purpose in the case at hand, the cops probably had Mr. Dimaya on several counts but he pleaded down to burglary (which Gorsuch found is not obviously violent). Had he pleaded to 'breaking and entering', it would have been different |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-04-18 09:07 |
| #6 ...but,but,but the SJW crowd says icky words are violence! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-18 09:01 |
| #5 Write the law properly Congress. Golly, BP, I can't think of any one action that would solve more problems than this. Clean up all those squishy laws that allow the untrammeled abuse by the bureaucracy, corruption processes in the dozens. Gee, I think that may be what the founders had in mind, no? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-18 08:45 |
| #4 Actually this seems a fair point. Write the law properly Congress. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-04-18 06:59 |
| #3 The word on Gorsuch was always that he calls them like he sees them. No guarantee you'll like the result. |
| Posted by: Shaling Angeresing2962 2018-04-18 06:24 |
| #2 According to Gorsuch the way the law was written it could be used to abuse the rights of legal citizens, which goes against the will of the original framers. In other words, technically the law just needs proper rewriting for Gorsuch to allow it to stand. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-18 05:42 |
| #1 so all Congress would need to do would be to adequately define 'Crime of Violence' in the statute |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-04-18 00:08 |