Resource: United States v. Texas

By: SCOTUSblog

June 23, 2016

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Issue: (1) Whether a state that voluntarily provides a subsidy to all aliens with deferred action has Article III standing and a justiciable cause of action under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to challenge the Secretary of Homeland Security’s guidance seeking to establish a process for considering deferred action for certain aliens because it will lead to more aliens having deferred action; (2) whether the guidance is arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law; (3) whether the guidance was subject to the APA’s notice-and-comment procedures; and (4) whether the guidance violates the Take Care Clause of the Constitution, Article II, section 3.

Judgment: Affirmed by an equally divided Court in a per curiam opinion on June 23, 2016.

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-texas/