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Steve Vladeck

American legal scholar

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Dec 12, 2025
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Do ICE officers really have ‘federal immunity’ in the US?

Federal immigration officers do have legal protections when acting within their federal duties, rooted in doctrines like Supremacy Clause immunity and related precedents; but those protections are not...

Nov 25, 2025
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Under what legal theory can a retired military officer be recalled to active duty for court-martial proceedings?

The military’s power to recall retired officers for court-martial rests chiefly on the Uniform Code of Military Justice — notably Article 2 and the recall statute 10 U.S.C. § 688 — and decades of appe...

Jan 13, 2026
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How many denaturalization proceedings were initiated by DOJ in 2025 and did any lead to removal?

The available reporting documents at least three denaturalization proceedings the Department of Justice initiated or announced in 2025 — the filings or outcomes in the cases of a Louisiana defendant k...

Dec 8, 2025

How have U.S. courts ruled on denaturalization cases affecting derivative citizens born after parents' naturalization?

U.S. courts have long treated denaturalization as a narrow, judicially constrained remedy for fraud or concealment in the naturalization process, and courts have recognized that children or spouses wh...

Nov 25, 2025

Can retired reservists recalled to active duty be court-martialed for pre-recall misconduct?

Retired servicemembers who receive retirement pay can, in many circumstances, be recalled to active duty and tried by court-martial; appellate and Supreme Court precedents and Pentagon practice suppor...

Jan 15, 2026

How have federal courts historically adjudicated challenges to past invocations of the Insurrection Act, and what precedents would matter in 2026 litigation?

Federal courts have long treated presidential invocations of the Insurrection Act as presumptively political and thus often nonjusticiable, but that deference has limits: courts have intervened where ...

Dec 4, 2025

How does dual nationality affect constitutional protections against denaturalization?

Dual nationality itself is not newly criminalized, but recent legislation proposals (Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025) would force citizens to choose one nationality or face automatic loss of U.S. ci...

Dec 12, 2025

Are there notable precedents or appellate decisions that influenced results in court-martial cases similar to Kelly's?

Three appellate courts have upheld the constitutionality of court-martialing retired servicemembers, creating a legal foundation the Pentagon can invoke in Sen. Mark Kelly’s case . Legal scholars and ...

Nov 27, 2025

Is mark Kelly subject to courts martial

The Pentagon has opened a review of “serious allegations of misconduct” against Senator Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain, after he appeared in a video urging service members to refuse illegal o...