State of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman William H. Fauver Leo Klagholz v. United States of America Janet Reno Doris Meissner Alice M. Rivlin

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• holding that state of New Jersey’s claims against the United States seeking costs incurred by state related to illegal immigrants presented nonjusticiable political questions
• holding that the Naturalization Clause represents “a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of immigration to the legislative branch”
• holding that the Naturalization Clause represents “a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of immigration to the legislative branch”
• stating that this Clause represents a textual commitment to Congress
• finding nonjusticiable New Jersey’s claim of invasion by illegal aliens

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).