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Index/People/William P. Orrick

William P. Orrick

Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook 1997

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Feb 1, 2026

Which court rulings have most constrained state laws banning sanctuary policies since 2017?

Since 2017 the most consequential court rulings constraining federal attempts to punish have not struck down sanctuary laws themselves but have limited the federal government’s ability to coerce state...

Jan 17, 2026

How have federal courts ruled in past cases where DOJ or DHS tried to withhold grants from sanctuary cities?

Federal courts in multiple incidents have repeatedly restrained the executive branch from conditioning or withholding federal grants from so‑called “sanctuary” jurisdictions—finding prior DOJ/DHS sche...

Jan 13, 2026

How have federal courts ruled on Trump-era immigration-related grant conditions and sanctuary-city directives?

Federal courts have delivered a fractured record on Trump-era efforts to condition federal grants and press sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with immigration enforcement: multiple district and cir...

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