Peter Margulies is a professor at Roger Williams University School of Law, where he teaches Immigration Law, National Security Law and Professional Responsibility. He is the author of Law’s Detour: Justice Displaced in the Bush Administration (New York: NYU Press, 2010).
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The Supreme Court balances the equities again and avoids giving either side all of what it seeks on the merits.
Hawaii responded to the government's request to stay the Hawaii District Court's injunction against the definition of "bona fide relationship."
The Ninth Circuit provided Hawaii a roadmap for pursuing a second motion—a request for injunctive relief—in district court.
Judge Watson says Hawaii should seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The government reads the Supreme Court’s stay order too narrowly.
While progress has been made in implementing the Supreme Court’s stay of lower court injunctions of President Trump’s revised refugee executive order (EO), the State Department’s current stance on refugee admissions requires further review.
Allowing grandparents (and grandchildren) to be subject to ordinary visa-processing would not be a stretch for the government.