Articles Tagged: Habeas


Supreme Court Affirms Limits on Judicial Power in Immigration Detention Challenge

In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Barrett, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court and reinforced a familiar theme of the current Term: when Congress channels review into a specific statutory scheme, lower federal courts may not use more general equitable or habeas theories to work around it. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan, concurred only in the judgment, while Justice Jackson dissented.

The Court’s opinion focused less on the underlying immigration dispute than on where and how such claims may be brought.