Justice Sotomayor does us all a favor; lets us know the decision in Castleman does not affect immigration law.

Sunday, April 27th, 2014

Appellate courts are deliberately cagey. When they make a decision, they normally limit their decisions to the facts in a case. When other issues arise not related to the case under consideration, they will write sentences like, “We reserve deciding that issue,” or “We do not need to decide this issue to resolve this case,” or other such verbiage. When a decision’s scope is not clear, appellate courts are reluctant to express limits to the impact of a decision, willing…