136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) Cited 4,387 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that the categorical approach's reliance upon elements rather than means "does not change when a statute happens to list possible alternative means of commission"
488 U.S. 204 (1988) Cited 1,718 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts will not defer to an agency's litigating position where it contradicts the agency's prior “regulations, rulings, or administrative practice”
In Nuckles, we said that "[t]he gist of the [ section 32 ] offense is that the accused ‘ "harbors, conceals or aids" the principal with the requisite knowledge and intent.
Holding that the BIA's uniformity interests do not "have a great deal of weight in a case like this one where the BIA lived with the preexisting rule for seven decades and, in fact, until just a couple of years ago would have treated [the petitioner] as a person who had not committed CIMTs"
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,383 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
8 U.S.C. § 1229b Cited 5,091 times 24 Legal Analyses
Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”