On September 8, 2010, during oral argument in Chicago in the case, Sabri Samirah v. Eric Holder, No. 08-1889, about which I recently wrote,  Judge Richard Posner, discussing the fact that the alien about whom the case dealt had no access to judicial review because he was outside the United States but would if he returned to the United States illegally, had the following interchange with the Department of Justice’s attorney, Paul F. Stone.On November 1, 2010, during oral argument…

In this blog I have posted some surveys. Today, I post a final exam question. Here is the scenario. Fred is walking down the street in San Diego, California. His clothes are neat and clean and he stands out in no way other than perhaps an ethnic physiognomy. Immigration officers stop him and ask him where he was born. Fred asks the officers why they want to know. They answer him, “Listen, Shecky, we ask the questions here!” Fred then says,…