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· 3/18/1822

Blunt's Lessee v. Smith

Citations

  • 20 U.S. 248
  • 5 L. Ed. 446
  • 7 Wheat. 248
  • 1822 U.S. LEXIS 264

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  • “[W]hen Congress attaches conditions to legislation waiving the sovereign 21 immunity of the United States, those conditions must be strictly observed, and exceptions thereto 22 are not to be lightly implied.”
  • “As we have previously explained, § 1226(e) precludes an alien from 21 ‘challeng[ing] a “discretionary judgment” by the Attorney General or a “decision” that the 22 Attorney General has made regarding his detention or release.’ But § 1226(e

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Judges: Marshall

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