Posted on 04/17/2018 8:03:55 AM PDT by BOARn
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced.
The court's 5-4 decision concerns a provision of 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.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco previously struck down the provision as too vague, and on Monday the Supreme Court agreed. The appeals court based its ruling on a 2015 Supreme Court decision that struck down a similarly worded part of another federal law that imposes longer prison sentences on repeat criminals.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the 2015 decision "tells us how to resolve this case."
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Writing for the majority, Justice Kagan concluded her opinion with “Death to America!”
DAMN these Libard lawyers, wrecking our country.
They always pretend something is “too vague” when they don’t want it. Of course, they can rationalize anything at all when they do want it.
Yes.
We can’t win for losin’.
If Justice Gorsuch agreed it was too vague, that’s good enough for me.
Was it too vague? They upheld a lower court ruling, perhaps it IS too vague to pass the sniff test and it needs to be rewritten to be completely iron clad.
Not a total loss, but a definite setback for the time schedule though.
She doesn’t live in the neighborhood where this decision will have an impact.
But “Gun Control” is not vague enough to enforce.
Good one, guys.
And don’t expect McConnell or Ryan to craft new legislation to clarify and tighten up the definitions of “crimes of violence”.
No, they like things as they have just turned out, just like Obamacare.
They hate America; America is For Sale, and so are they.
http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/10/argument-analysis-faithful-scalia-gorsuch-may-deciding-vote-immigrant/
The story speaks about resolutions pertaining to LEGAL immigrants. From the summary, I can’t tell if it impacts illegal invaders, which were the core of DJT’s campaign.
So, it's easier to fire an American citizen from his job, than to deport an foreign criminal?
The suprememe court is wrong. Foreigners do not have a "right" to be in this country. It is at our disretion … or at least it was.
The Deep State has proably pulled a "John Roberts" on Gorsuch. They found out about some tawdry affair in his past and are holding it over his head.
Shame on alleged "justice" Gorsuch.
One hopes he will gain wisdom and insight for correct interpretation of our Constitution in following decisions.
OK...re-write the law in a clearer fashion.
If Justice Gorsuch agreed it was too vague, that’s good enough for me.
America hating Democrats thank you for your support. Enjoy your spot under their bus.
When has a Left appointed SCOTUS ever sided with our side on the key issues?
Anything that the ASSPRESS writes is most likely, and should be presumed to be, a lie, unless and until proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, otherwise.
Justice Gorsuch did NOT join Kagan’s opinion. He wrote a an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
HIS opinion, is actually the controlling opinion under the Marks rule, because it provided the narrowest grounds needed to get to the 5 votes on the judgment.
Read his opinion, NOT the ASSPRESS rendition of his opinion, and you will see that the ASSPRESS is lying, as usual.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/15-1498_1b8e.pdf
And don’t expect McConnell or Ryan to craft new legislation to clarify and tighten up the definitions of “crimes of violence”.
No, they like things as they have just turned out, just like Obamacare.
They hate America; America is For Sale, and so are they.
Of course Gorsuch knows that Ryan and McConnell will do nothing. Thus giving the Dems and violent criminal aliens a victory.
Until we have conservatives that will fight as hard a Democrats do for what they believe we will never win. It’s that simple.
If anything Gorsuch was upholding Scalia’s brand of judicial conservatism and limiting government overreach.
Marquess of Queensberry fighting isn’t going to get it done against nuke throwing Democrats. They’ve taken the pop culture, corporate culture and soon America while we virtue signal about conservatism.
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