United States v. Texas (599 U.S. 670)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 23, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 599 U.S. 670 · 143 S. Ct. 1964
- Decided
- June 23, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 599 U. S. Part 1 Pages 670–735 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 23, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus UNITED STATES et al. v. TEXAS et al. certiorari before judgment to the united states court of appeals for the fth circuit No. 22–58. Argued November 29, 2022—Decided June 23, 2023 In 2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security promulgated new immigration-enforcement guidelines (Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law) that prioritize the arrest and removal from the United States of noncitizens who are suspected terrorists or dangerous criminals or who have unlawfully entered the country only recently, for example. The States of Texas and Louisiana claim that the Guidelines contravene two federal statutes that they read to require the arrest of certain noncitizens upon their release from prison (8 U. S. C. § 1226(c)) or entry of a fnal order of removal (§ 1231(a)(2)). The District Court found that the States would incur costs due to the Executive's failure to comply with those alleged statutory…
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