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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
In Honor of Justice Ginsburg: Disfavoring "Piepowder Courts" Against Permanent Residents in Vartelas v. Holder
Cyrus Mehta, Sept. 19, 2020 "Saddened by the death of Justice Ginsburg, I searched through the blogs I have written on her opinions in immigration cases. I was again reminded not only about her brilliance but how forcefully she advanced the rights...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA2 on 212(c), Rankine, Vartelas: U.S. v. Gill
"This case requires us to decide whether the petitioner Ricardo Allen Gill can sustain a collateral challenge to his order of deportation, which is a defense to a prosecution for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). The...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Supreme Court, 6-3, on Retroactivity: Vartelas v. Holder
"This case presents a question of retroactivity not addressed by Congress: As to a lawful permanent resident convicted of a crime before the effective date of IIRIRA, which regime governs, the one in force at the time of the conviction, or IIRIRA...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Supreme Court oral argment recap: Vartelas v. Holder (retroactivity)
Here's a link to the SCOTUSblog page containing links to the transcript of the oral argument on Jan. 18th, all the briefs, the opinion below , and an argument preview by Dean Kevin Johnson. Hats way off to Prof. Stephanos Bibas , who argued for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Vartelas Practice Advisory
" This Practice Advisory describes the Supreme Court's decision in Vartelas v. Holder, holding that the Fleuti doctrine still applies to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) with pre-IIRIRA convictions. This means that LPRs with convictions...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Vartelas, 'Piepowder Courts,' and Predictability
" The refusal to sanction IIRIRA retroactivity in Vartelas v. Holder provides the kind of predictability that LPRs need and deserve before they leave the USA and seek to return. This, after all, is why retroactivity is disfavored .This is precisely...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Fleuti Lives! The Restoration of a Constitutional Decision
Even though the Vartelas Court did not have to decide if Fleuti still lived, it reminds us that, despite the failure of the BIA to realize it in Collado-Munoz , Fleuti is at heart a constitutional decision. Vartelas belongs in this same line of cases...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Opinion analysis: Court rejects retroactive application of 1996 immigration law amendment
"Just as I predicted after the oral arguments, the Court found for Vartelas in a narrowly drawn opinion that focused on the issue of the retroactivity of the 1996 amendments to the immigration laws. The Court did not address whether Immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Unpub. BIA 212(c) Vartelas Victory in Boston
"[W]e are convinced that Supreme Court precedent has superceded the regulatory prohibition against granting 212(c) relief under St. Cyr to aliens convicted after trial." Vacated and remanded. Matter of X-, Dec. 6, 2013 . [Hats off to Maude ...