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Petition of the day

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The petition of the day is:

17-616

Issues: (1) Whether a court of appeals may rely on extra-record factual research to decide a petition for review of a removal order despite a statutory command that such a petition be decided “only on the administrative record,” 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A); and (2) whether federal court authority to decide constitutional claims and questions of law under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D) permits review of legal error in exemption determinations under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(3)(B)(i).

Cases: S. A. B. v. Sessions

Recommended Citation: Aurora Barnes, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 21, 2017, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/11/petition-of-the-day-1267/