The demise of rights-protective statutory interpretation for detained immigrants and the rise of “piecemeal” textualism

On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with the government in a pair of cases brought by noncitizens who are under deportation orders and were in lengthy detention, rejecting lower courts’ rights-protective interpretation of the relevant detention statute and blocking an important avenue for injunctive relief … Continue reading The demise of rights-protective statutory interpretation for detained immigrants and the rise of “piecemeal” textualism