Dean Johnson Quoted in Latin Times
Dean Kevin R. Johnson is quoted in a Latin Times article concerning United States v. Texas, the lawsuit filed by Texas and 25 other states opposing President Obama's executive orders on immigration known as Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA). If states are granted standing in the case, it could lead to a long series of politically motivated legal challenges to federal actions, Dean Johnson wrote in an entry for the SCOTUSblog that was quoted by Latin Times.
"Such a claim is not readily distinguishable from the challenge in this case. If the Court finds that Texas has standing to challenge DAPA, one could also anticipate efforts by the states for partisan political reasons to employ lawsuits in the federal court to interfere with the executive branch in its discretionary judgments about how to enforce myriad laws," wrote Dean Johnson.
Kevin R. Johnson is Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o studies at UC Davis School of Law. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.