543 U.S. 335 (2005) Cited 437 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that Congress could not have ratified a “settled construction” of a statute, because there was no “judicial consensus so broad and unquestioned that we must presume Congress knew of and endorsed it”
519 U.S. 26 (1996) Cited 225 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that once an agency announces and follows a general policy, "an irrational departure from that policy (as opposed to an avowed alteration of it) could constitute action that must be overturned as 'arbitrary, capricious, [or] an abuse of discretion' within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act"
Holding the district court's recitation of Section 3553 factors in its Statement of Reasons was "not objectionable," despite this Court's "preference that the reasons be tied to the facts of the case"
Holding that "simply because the Secretary has the ultimate discretionary authority to grant an immigration benefit does not mean that every determination ... regarding an alien's application for that benefit is discretionary, and hence not subject to review"
Holding that the BIA relied on "impermissible appellate factfinding" when it "reverse[d] the IJ . . . based on disputed material facts with respect to which the IJ reached no resolution"
Holding that to be removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(B), the statute of conviction must be under a law relating to a controlled substance, and involve a drug defined in the Controlled Substances Act
8 U.S.C. § 1229b Cited 5,213 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”
Granting the right to live and work in the United States to citizens of designated countries afflicted by war, natural disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions