Jamaican green-card holder asks court to overrule precedent on “crimes involving moral turpitude”

Jamaican green-card holder asks court to overrule precedent on “crimes involving moral turpitude”

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The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

In its 1951 decision in Jordan v. De George, the Supreme Court held that the term “crime involving moral turpitude” in federal immigration law is not unconstitutionally vague. The term lacks any statutory definition, however, and courts around the country have since struggled to apply it evenly and frequently … Read the rest