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Stanley Yelnats's avatar

Actually, there’s more than one error in the timeline. The judges verbal orders differed from his written orders. There was another that came right to mind when reading but it’s lost in my head and I’m not rereading to find it.

Edit to add the other: Case law. Why does everyone always ignore case law? In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Ludecke v. Watkins that the government had the authority to deport a legally admitted German resident under the Alien Enemy Act, even though World War II had ended.

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DarkSkyBest's avatar

I think the judge saying versus signing is really important, even if he does not. Which just goes to prove what an imprecise douche he is.

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Susan Russell's avatar

There were periods during in American history when alien agitators were deported on the spot-- during the French Revolution, when the U.S. feared the terror would spread here and people would start losing their heads - we were NOT at war but we rightfully feared contamination; during waves of Communist and socialist immigration -- cut off. Lincoln defied the Dred Scott decision and a SCOTUS order not to imprison confederates.

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DingDongDoodooDaddy's avatar

Ludecke v Watkins is one of the scariest decisions that I’ve ever read. It needs to be forgotten.

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