U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE RULED 5-4 THAT A FEDERAL LAW, THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO DEPORT IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF “VIOLENT” CRIMES, IS TOO VAGUE TO BE ENFORCED. THE CASE IS SESSIONS VS DIMAYA, AND ALTHOUGH THIS DECISION DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO DEPORT PEOPLE CONVICTED OF MURDER AND RAPE, IT DOES LIMIT THE GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO DEPORT IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF “AGGRAVATED FELONIES”.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH AGREED WITH THE MORE LIBERAL JUSTICES (AT LEAST IN PART), SAYING THAT “no one should be surprised that the constitution looks unkindly on any law so vague that reasonable people cannot understand its terms, and judges do not know where to begin in applying it.”
