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United States v. Texas

The Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of President Obama's executive actions on immigration.

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Jan 12, 2026
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When are individuals legally required to provide ID to law enforcement in the United States?

When an individual in the United States must identify themselves to police is not a single, nationwide rule but a patchwork of constitutional principles, state “stop-and-identify” statutes, and federa...

Jan 13, 2026
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How have federal courts interpreted 18 U.S.C. § 111 in protest and civil‑disobedience cases?

Federal courts and prosecutors treat 18 U.S.C. § 111 as a flexible tool to protect federal officers’ ability to perform official duties, applying it to a wide range of conduct from physical blows to o...

Jan 19, 2026
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Is being undocumented a crime

The legal bottom line: simply being present in the United States without valid immigration status is not, by itself, a federal crime—unlawful presence is generally treated as a civil immigration viola...

Jan 21, 2026

What legal defenses have successfully stopped denaturalization suits in federal court since Maslenjak v. United States?

Since the most potent, court-tested defenses in federal denaturalization litigation have been the Supreme Court’s materiality/causation requirement announced in Maslenjak, the “qualification-for-citiz...

Jan 19, 2026

What specific DHS or ICE memoranda set enforcement priorities under each administration since 2017 and how do their texts differ?

Since 2017, enforcement priorities were driven first by the Trump administration’s February 20, 2017 DHS memorandum (implementing Executive Order 13768) that broadly narrowed prosecutorial discretion ...