<s> /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/corpora/SUPREMECOURTUSV4-3/ptreetagger/Guerrero-Lasprilla.xml-src.tt /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/corpora/SUPREMECOURTUSV4-3/treetagger/Guerrero-Lasprilla.xml-out.tt pos tagset built from model /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par en lemma of the model /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par - [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] We2PPwe 'll3MDwill hear4VVhear argument5NNargument first6RBfirst this7DTthis morning8NNmorning in9INin Case10NPCase 18-77611CD@card@ ,12,, Guerrero-Lasprilla13NPGuerrero-Lasprilla versus14CCversus Ovalles15NPOvalles and16CCand Attorney17NPAttorney General18NPGeneral Barr19NPBarr .20SENT.

[MR. HUGHES]21LOC[MR. HUGHES] Mr22NPMr .23SENT. Chief24NPChief Justice25NPJustice ,26,, and27CCand may28MDmay it29PPit please30VVplease the31DTthe Court32NPCourt :33:: Section34NPSection (35(( 236LS2 )37)) (38(( D39NPD )40)) provides41VVZprovide for42INfor review43NNreview of44INof questions45NNSquestion of46INof law47NNlaw decided48VVNdecide by49INby the50DTthe Board51NPBoard of52INof Immigration53NNimmigration Appeals54NPAppeals .55SENT. I56PPI 'll57MDwill start58VVstart with59INwith where60WRBwhere we61PPwe and62CCand the63DTthe government64NNgovernment agree65VVPagree .66SENT. At67INat minimum68NNminimum ,69,, courts70NNScourt may71MDmay review72VVreview whether73INwhether the74DTthe Board75NPBoard identified76VVDidentify the77DTthe proper78JJproper legal79JJlegal standard80NNstandard .81SENT. The82DTthe government83NNgovernment agrees84VVZagree .85SENT. For86INfor this87DTthis review88NNreview to89TOto be90VBbe meaningful91JJmeaningful and92CCand not93RBnot just94RBjust a95DTa requirement96NNrequirement of97INof correct98JJcorrect boilerplate99NNboilerplate ,100,, courts101NNScourt must102MDmust determine103VVdetermine whether104INwhether the105DTthe government106NNgovernment used107VVDuse the108DTthe proper109JJproper standard110NNstandard .111SENT. Again112RBagain ,113,, the114DTthe government115NNgovernment agrees116VVZagree .117SENT. Review118NPReview extends119VVZextend to120TOto whether121INwhether "122``" the123DTthe Board124NPBoard actually125RBactually used126VVDuse the127DTthe wrong128JJwrong standard129NNstandard .130SENT. "131''" Despite132INdespite acknowledging133VVGacknowledge this134DTthis ,135,, the136DTthe government137NNgovernment fails138VVZfail to139TOto distinguish140VVdistinguish how141WRBhow reviewing142VVGreview whether143INwhether the144DTthe Board145NPBoard actually146RBactually used147VVDuse the148DTthe correct149JJcorrect standard150NNstandard is151VBZbe different152JJdifferent than153INthan reviewing154VVGreview whether155INwhether the156DTthe Board157NPBoard correctly158RBcorrectly applied159VVDapply that160DTthat standard161NNstandard .162SENT. In163INin our164PP$our view165NNview ,166,, these167DTthese inquiries168NNSinquiry are169VBPbe effectively170RBeffectively the171DTthe same172JJsame .173SENT. They174PPthey use175VVPuse the176DTthe same177JJsame tool178NNtool ,179,, applying180VVGapply the181DTthe correct182JJcorrect legal183JJlegal standard184NNstandard to185TOto the186DTthe facts187NNSfact .188SENT. To189TOTo the190DTthe extent191NNextent there192EXthere is193VBZbe a194DTa difference195NNdifference ,196,, the197DTthe government198NNgovernment does199VVZdo not200RBnot provide201VVprovide a202DTa test203NNtest for204INfor telling205VVGtell them206PPthem apart207RPapart .208SENT. Jurisdictional209JJjurisdictional rules210NNSrule need211VVPneed to212TOto be213VBbe clear214JJclear ,215,, but216CCbut the217DTthe government218NNgovernment does219VVZdo not220RBnot explain221VVexplain how222WRBhow courts223NNScourt decide224VVPdecide whether225INwhether the226DTthe Board227NPBoard actually228RBactually used229VVDuse the230DTthe correct231JJcorrect standard232NNstandard .233SENT. Our234PP$our rule235NNrule is236VBZbe clear237JJclear .238SENT. There239EXthere is240VBZbe no241DTno judicial242JJjudicial review243NNreview over244INover historical245JJhistorical facts246NNSfact ,247,, but248CCbut there249EXthere is250VBZbe review251NNreview over252INover their253PP$their legal254JJlegal significance255NNsignificance .256SENT. The257DTthe Court258NPCourt should259MDshould adopt260VVadopt this261DTthis construction262NNconstruction for263INfor three264CDthree reasons265NNSreason .266SENT. First267RBfirst ,268,, it269PPit accords270VVZaccord with271INwith the272DTthe essential273JJessential premise274NNpremise of275INof judicial276JJjudicial review277NNreview which278WDTwhich the279DTthe statutory280JJstatutory text281NNtext has282VHZhave unmistakably283RBunmistakably established284VVNestablish .285SENT. Second286RBsecond ,287,, it288PPit is289VBZbe necessary290JJnecessary for291INfor Congress292NPCongress to293TOto have294VHhave fully295RBfully responded296VVNrespond to297TOto St298NPSt .299SENT. Cyr300NPCyr .301SENT. And302CCand ,303,, third304JJthird ,305,, it306PPit is307VBZbe a308DTa clear309JJclear rule310NNrule which311WDTwhich is312VBZbe crucial313JJcrucial to314TOto establish315VVestablish the316DTthe boundaries317NNSboundary of318INof jurisdiction319NNjurisdiction .320SENT. Turning321VVGturn to322TOto what323WPwhat Congress324NPCongress needed325VVDneed to326TOto do327VVdo in328INin order329NNorder to330TOto fully331RBfully respond332VVrespond to333TOto St334NPSt .335SENT. Cyr336NPCyr ,337,, there338EXthere are339VBPbe at340INat least341JJSleast four342CDfour separate343JJseparate points344NNSpoint that345WDTthat illustrate346VVPillustrate Congress347NPCongress had348VHDhave to349TOto create350VVcreate jurisdiction351NNjurisdiction for352INfor the353DTthe application354NNapplication of355INof law356NNlaw to357TOto fact358NNfact .359SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]360LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well361UHWell ,362,, before363INbefore you364PPyou get365VVPget to366TOto that367DTthat ,368,, I369PPI wonder370VVPwonder if371INif you372PPyou have373VHPhave not374RBnot read375VVNread too376RBtoo much377RBmuch into378INinto the379DTthe government380NNgovernment 's381POS's statement382NNstatement that383IN/thatthat a384DTa ...385:... that386IN/thatthat under387INunder their388PP$their theory389NNtheory ,390,, it391PPit would392MDwould be393VBbe permissible394JJpermissible for395INfor a396DTa court397NNcourt to398TOto review399VVreview not400RBnot just401RBjust whether402INwhether the403DTthe ...404:... the405DTthe ...406:... the407DTthe Board408NPBoard articulated409VVDarticulate the410DTthe right411JJright theory412NNtheory but413CCbut whether414INwhether it415PPit actually416RBactually used417VVDuse the418DTthe right419JJright theory420NNtheory .421SENT. When422WRBwhen I423PPI read424VVPread that425IN/thatthat ,426,, I427PPI thought428VVDthink what429WPwhat they430PPthey were431VBDbe saying432VVGsay was433VBDbe that434DTthat review435NNreview would436MDwould extend437VVextend to438TOto those439DTthose perhaps440RBperhaps rare441JJrare situations442NNSsituation where443WRBwhere ,444,, although445INalthough it446PPit was447VBDbe in448INin response449NNresponse to450TOto your451PP$your argument452NNargument that453IN/thatthat if454INif the455DTthe ...456:... if457INif the458DTthe ...459:... if460INif the461DTthe right462JJright standard463NNstandard was464VBDbe merely465RBmerely mentioned466VVNmention ,467,, that468WDTthat would469MDwould be470VBbe sufficient471JJsufficient .472SENT. And473CCand I474PPI thought475VVDthink they476PPthey were477VBDbe just478RBjust saying479VVGsay that480IN/thatthat if481INif it482PPit was483VBDbe clear484JJclear that485IN/thatthat even486RBeven though487INthough the488DTthe right489JJright standard490NNstandard was491VBDbe mentioned492VVNmention ,493,, you494PPyou could495MDcould see496VVsee that497IN/thatthat that498DTthat was499VBDbe not500RBnot at501INat all502DTall what503WPwhat was504VBDbe being505VBGbe done506VVNdo ,507,, that508IN/thatthat there509EXthere would510MDwould be511VBbe review512NNreview there513RBthere .514SENT. So515RBso I516PPI thought517VVDthink that518DTthat was519VBDbe a520DTa very521RBvery narrow522JJnarrow exception523NNexception .524SENT. So525RBso the526DTthe ...527:... the528DTthe difference529NNdifference between530INbetween what531WPwhat I532PPI understood533VVDunderstand them534PPthem to535TOto be536VBbe arguing537VVGargue and538CCand your539PP$your position540NNposition was541VBDbe considerably542RBconsiderably larger543JJRlarge than544INthan what545WPwhat you546PPyou suggested547VVDsuggest to548TOto start549VVstart out550RPout .551SENT. [MR. HUGHES]552LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well553UHWell ,554,, as555INas Your556PP$your Honor557NPHonor suggests558VVZsuggest ,559,, I560PPI think561VVPthink the562DTthe government563NNgovernment does564VVZdo agree565VVagree that566IN/thatthat if567INif the568DTthe ...569:... the570DTthe decision571NNdecision of572INof the573DTthe Board574NPBoard on575INon the576DTthe face577NNface invokes578VVZinvoke the579DTthe correct580JJcorrect standard581NNstandard ,582,, but583CCbut a584DTa reasonable585JJreasonable reader586NNreader of587INof that588DTthat decision589NNdecision would590MDwould appreciate591VVappreciate that592IN/thatthat that593DTthat standard594NNstandard was595VBDbe not596RBnot used597VVNuse to598TOto actually599RBactually decide600VVdecide the601DTthe case602NNcase ,603,, that604IN/thatthat there605EXthere would606MDwould be607VBbe judicial608JJjudicial review609NNreview over610INover that611DTthat .612SENT. Once613RBonce the614DTthe government615NNgovernment agrees616VVZagree with617INwith that618IN/thatthat ,619,, which620WDTwhich I621PPI think622VVPthink they623PPthey must624MDmust ,625,, otherwise626RBotherwise it627PPit 's628VBZbe judicial629JJjudicial review630NNreview in631INin substance632NNsubstance ...633:... or634CCor not635RBnot in636INin substance637NNsubstance at638INat all639DTall ,640,, only641RBonly in642INin form643NNform ,644,, once645RBonce the646DTthe government647NNgovernment agrees648VVZagree with649INwith that650DTthat ,651,, they652PPthey have653VHPhave n't654RBn't actually655RBactually articulated656VVNarticulate how657WRBhow that658DTthat test659NNtest differs660VVZdiffer from661INfrom applying662VVGapply law663NNlaw to664TOto fact665NNfact .666SENT. And667CCand our668PP$our point669NNpoint is670VBZbe that671DTthat ...672:... [JUSTICE ALITO]673LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well674UHwell ,675,, I676PPI think677VVPthink it678PPit 's679VBZbe like680INlike a681DTa sham682NNsham .683SENT. It684PPit 's685VBZbe a686DTa sham687JJsham exception688NNexception .689SENT. So690RBso ,691,, if692INif that693WDTthat 's694VBZbe really695RBreally not696RBnot what697WPwhat 's698VBZbe going699VVGgo on700RPon ,701,, they702PPthey 're703VBPbe not704RBnot really705RBreally applying706VVGapply the707DTthe right708JJright theory709NNtheory ,710,, the711DTthe theory712NNtheory that713IN/thatthat they714PPthey claim715VVPclaim to716TOto apply717VVapply ,718,, there719EXthere would720MDwould be721VBbe review722NNreview in723INin that724DTthat situation725NNsituation .726SENT. That727DTthat 's728VBZbe how729WRBhow I730PPI read731VVPread it732PPit .733SENT. Now734RBnow ...735:... [MR. HUGHES]736LOC[MR. HUGHES] Oh737UHoh ,738,, well739UHwell ,740,, Your741PP$your Honor742NPHonor ,743,, I744PPI ...745:... [JUSTICE ALITO]746LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] ...747:... Mr748NPMr .749SENT. Liu750NPLiu can751MDcan correct752VVcorrect that753DTthat .754SENT. [MR. HUGHES]755LOC[MR. HUGHES] ...756:... I757PPI think758VVPthink a759DTa few760JJfew things761NNSthing about762INabout that763DTthat .764SENT. First765RBfirst ,766,, I767PPI think768VVPthink it769PPit 's770VBZbe very771RBvery difficult772JJdifficult to773TOto distinguish774VVdistinguish what775WPwhat makes776VVZmake for777INfor a778DTa sham779JJsham articulation780NNarticulation of781INof the782DTthe standard783JJstandard versus784CCversus not785RBnot actually786RBactually looking787VVGlook to788TOto determine789VVdetermine whether790INwhether it791PPit was792VBDbe properly793RBproperly applied794VVNapply .795SENT. How796WRBHow do797VVPdo we798PPwe determine799VVdetermine if800INif it801PPit was802VBDbe a803DTa sham804NNsham ?805SENT? You806PPyou consider807VVPconsider what808WPwhat the809DTthe right810JJright standard811NNstandard is812VBZbe .813SENT. You814PPyou consider815VVPconsider the816DTthe facts817NNSfact .818SENT. And819CCand if820INif the821DTthe facts822NNSfact turn823VVPturn out824RPout to825TOto be826VBbe a827DTa textbook828NNtextbook application829NNapplication of830INof that831DTthat standard832NNstandard ,833,, but834CCbut the835DTthe Board836NPBoard reached837VVDreach the838DTthe opposite839JJopposite conclusion840NNconclusion ,841,, you842PPyou would843MDwould find844VVfind that845IN/thatthat it846PPit was847VBDbe a848DTa sham849NNsham .850SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]851LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] But852CCbut there853EXthere 's854VBZbe a855DTa big856JJbig difference857NNdifference between858INbetween your859PP$your two860CDtwo positions861NNSposition ,862,, and863CCand it864PPit has865VHZhave to866TOto do867VVdo with868INwith the869DTthe application870NNapplication of871INof ...872:... of873INof the874DTthe legal875JJlegal standard876NNstandard to877TOto the878DTthe facts879NNSfact where880WRBwhere the881DTthe ...882:... the883DTthe legal884JJlegal standard885NNstandard requires886VVZrequire a887DTa considerable888JJconsiderable exercise889NNexercise of890INof judgment891NNjudgment ,892,, as893INas it894PPit does895VVZdo with896INwith equitable897JJequitable tolling898VVGtoll ,899,, where900WRBwhere you901PPyou have902VHPhave to903TOto determine904VVdetermine whether905INwhether there906EXthere 's907VBZbe due908JJdue diligence909NNdiligence or910CCor exceptional911JJexceptional circumstances912NNScircumstance .913SENT. You914PPyou would915MDwould say916VVsay all917DTall of918INof that919WDTthat can920MDcan be921VBbe reviewed922VVNreview .923SENT. [MR. HUGHES]924LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well925UHWell ,926,, Your927PP$your Honor928NPHonor ,929,, yes930UHyes ,931,, but932CCbut I933PPI think934VVPthink to935TOto the936DTthe extent937NNextent there938EXthere 's939VBZbe a940DTa difference941NNdifference ,942,, if943INif there944EXthere is945VBZbe a946DTa difference947NNdifference ,948,, it949PPit 's950VBZbe a951DTa difference952NNdifference in953INin degree954NNdegree ,955,, but956CCbut the957DTthe government958NNgovernment does959VVZdo n't960RBn't provide961VVprovide a962DTa way963NNway to964TOto distinguish965VVdistinguish between966INbetween when967WRBwhen the968DTthe degree969NNdegree is970VBZbe sufficiently971RBsufficiently enough972JJenough to973TOto say974VVsay that975IN/thatthat the976DTthe standard977NNstandard was978VBDbe n't979RBn't actually980RBactually used981VVNuse .982SENT. But983CCbut the984DTthe other985JJother problem986NNproblem with987INwith this988DTthis is989VBZbe ,990,, if991INif that992WDTthat is993VBZbe the994DTthe test995NNtest that996IN/thatthat the997DTthe government998NNgovernment advances999NNSadvance ,1000,, it1001PPit has1002VHZhave the1003DTthe effect1004NNeffect of1005INof merging1006VVGmerge the1007DTthe underlying1008VVGunderlie merits1009NNSmerit of1010INof the1011DTthe inquiry1012NNinquiry with1013INwith the1014DTthe jurisdictional1015JJjurisdictional analysis1016NNanalysis .1017SENT. The1018DTthe end1019NNend result1020NNresult would1021MDwould be1022VBbe there1023EXthere would1024MDwould be1025VBbe jurisdiction1026NNjurisdiction if1027INif the1028DTthe decision1029NNdecision of1030INof the1031DTthe Board1032NPBoard was1033VBDbe really1034RBreally ,1035,, really1036RBreally wrong1037JJwrong ,1038,, but1039CCbut not1040RBnot if1041INif it1042PPit was1043VBDbe a1044DTa little1045JJlittle bit1046NNbit wrong1047JJwrong .1048SENT. And1049CCand so1050RBso that1051DTthat result1052NNresult would1053MDwould be1054VBbe that1055DTthat you'd1056NNyou'd ...1057:... you1058PPyou 'd1059MDwould have1060VHhave to1061TOto do1062VVdo the1063DTthe merits1064NNSmerit inquiry1065NNinquiry to1066TOto figure1067VVfigure out1068RPout even1069RBeven if1070INif you1071PPyou have1072VHPhave jurisdiction1073NNjurisdiction over1074INover the1075DTthe case1076NNcase .1077SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]1078LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well1079UHWell ,1080,, suppose1081VVPsuppose we1082PPwe ...1083:... we1084PPwe take1085VVPtake their1086PP$their principal1087JJprincipal argument1088NNargument ,1089,, which1090WDTwhich is1091VBZbe that1092IN/thatthat this1093DTthis applies1094VVZapply ...1095:... the1096DTthe only1097JJonly thing1098NNthing that1099WDTthat can1100MDcan be1101VBbe reviewed1102VVNreview is1103VBZbe a1104DTa pure1105JJpure question1106NNquestion of1107INof law1108NNlaw ,1109,, all1110DTall right1111NNright ?1112SENT? That1113DTthat 's1114VBZbe a1115DTa clear1116JJclear rule1117NNrule .1118SENT. Is1119VBZbe it1120PPit not1121RBnot ?1122SENT? [MR. HUGHES]1123LOC[MR. HUGHES] Yes1124NPYes ,1125,, and1126CCand I1127PPI do1128VVPdo n't1129RBn't think1130VVthink they1131PPthey actually1132RBactually stick1133VVPstick with1134INwith that1135DTthat ,1136,, but1137CCbut that1138WDTthat would1139MDwould be1140VBbe a1141DTa clear1142JJclear ...1143:... a1144DTa clear1145JJclear rule1146NNrule .1147SENT. Yes1148UHyes ,1149,, Your1150PP$your Honor1151NPHonor .1152SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]1153LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Okay1154NPOkay .1155SENT. And1156CCand under1157INunder your1158PP$your interpretation1159NNinterpretation ,1160,, what1161WPwhat is1162VBZbe the1163DTthe difference1164NNdifference between1165INbetween the1166DTthe degree1167NNdegree of1168INof review1169NNreview that1170WDTthat is1171VBZbe permitted1172VVNpermit in1173INin the1174DTthe case1175NNcase of1176INof a1177DTa criminal1178JJcriminal alien1179NNalien and1180CCand the1181DTthe degree1182NNdegree of1183INof review1184NNreview that1185WDTthat 's1186VBZbe permitted1187VVNpermit in1188INin the1189DTthe case1190NNcase of1191INof a1192DTa non-criminal1193JJnon-criminal alien1194NNalien ?1195SENT? [MR. HUGHES]1196LOC[MR. HUGHES] So1197RBso there1198RBthere ...1199:... [JUSTICE ALITO]1200LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] It1201PPit 's1202VBZbe very1203RBvery ,1204,, very1205RBvery ...1206:... it1207PPit 's1208VBZbe very1209RBvery slight1210JJslight ,1211,, right1212RBright ?1213SENT? [MR. HUGHES]1214LOC[MR. HUGHES] I1215PPI do1216VVPdo n't1217RBn't think1218VVthink so1219RBso ,1220,, Your1221PP$your Honor1222NPHonor .1223SENT. There1224EXthere 's1225VBZbe a1226DTa very1227RBvery substantial1228JJsubstantial difference1229NNdifference ,1230,, and1231CCand that1232WDTthat 's1233VBZbe that1234IN/thatthat there1235EXthere 's1236VBZbe no1237DTno review1238NNreview over1239INover all1240DTall of1241INof the1242DTthe factual1243JJfactual determinations1244NNSdetermination that1245WDTthat are1246VBPbe made1247VVNmake .1248SENT. And1249CCand there1250EXthere are1251VBPbe very1252RBvery substantial1253JJsubstantial factual1254JJfactual determinations1255NNSdetermination that1256WDTthat are1257VBPbe often1258RBoften dispositive1259JJdispositive of1260INof removal1261NNremoval cases1262NNScase that1263WDTthat are1264VBPbe made1265VVNmake throughout1266INthroughout these1267DTthese proceedings1268NNSproceeding ,1269,, and1270CCand those1271DTthose would1272MDwould not1273RBnot be1274VBbe subject1275JJsubject to1276TOto judicial1277JJjudicial review1278NNreview .1279SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]1280LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Yeah1281NPYeah .1282SENT. Well1283UHwell ...1284:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]1285LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] But1286CCbut those1287DTthose are1288VBPbe all1289RBall made1290VVNmake under1291INunder a1292DTa substantial1293JJsubstantial evidence1294NNevidence standard1295NNstandard .1296SENT. It1297PPit 's1298VBZbe a1299DTa highly1300RBhighly deferential1301JJdeferential standard1302NNstandard .1303SENT. So1304RBso I1305PPI take1306VVtake your1307PP$your point1308NNpoint that1309IN/thatthat there1310EXthere might1311MDmight be1312VBbe a1313DTa few1314JJfew cases1315NNScase that1316WDTthat would1317MDwould come1318VVcome out1319RPout differently1320RBdifferently ,1321,, but1322CCbut it1323PPit would1324MDwould be1325VBbe rare1326JJrare ,1327,, would1328MDwould n't1329RBn't it1330PPit ?1331SENT? [MR. HUGHES]1332LOC[MR. HUGHES] I1333PPI do1334VVPdo n't1335RBn't think1336VVthink it1337PPit would1338MDwould necessarily1339RBnecessarily be1340VBbe rare1341JJrare ,1342,, Your1343PP$your Honor1344NPHonor .1345SENT. I1346PPI think1347VVPthink there1348EXthere are1349VBPbe many1350JJmany cases1351NNScase where1352WRBwhere courts1353NNScourt of1354INof appeals1355NNSappeal ,1356,, under1357INunder substantial1358JJsubstantial evidence1359NNevidence review1360NNreview ,1361,, still1362RBstill reverse1363VVreverse the1364DTthe ...1365:... the1366DTthe factual1367JJfactual findings1368NNSfinding .1369SENT. But1370CCbut what1371WPwhat we1372PPwe have1373VHPhave here1374RBhere is1375VBZbe we1376PPwe have1377VHPhave a1378DTa statute1379NNstatute ,1380,, (1381(( 21382LS2 )1383)) (1384(( D1385NPD )1386)) ,1387,, that1388WDTthat was1389VBDbe written1390VVNwrite far1391RBfar after1392INafter (1393(( 21394LS2 )1395)) (1396(( C1397NPC )1398)) ,1399,, and1400CCand the1401DTthe reason1402NNreason that1403IN/thatthat (1404(( 21405LS2 )1406)) (1407(( D1408NPD )1409)) was1410VBDbe ...1411:... was1412VBDbe written1413VVNwrite on1414INon top1415NNtop of1416INof (1417(( 21418LS2 )1419)) (1420(( C1421NPC )1422)) was1423VBDbe as1424INas a1425DTa response1426NNresponse to1427TOto what1428WPwhat this1429DTthis Court1430NNcourt held1431VVNhold in1432INin St1433NPSt .1434SENT. Cyr1435NPCyr .1436SENT. So1437RBso I1438PPI think1439VVPthink ,1440,, to1441TOto understand1442VVunderstand what1443WPwhat Congress1444NPCongress was1445VBDbe trying1446VVGtry to1447TOto accomplish1448VVaccomplish in1449INin (1450(( 21451LS2 )1452)) (1453(( D1454NPD )1455)) ,1456,, it1457PPit 's1458VBZbe important1459JJimportant to1460TOto understand1461VVunderstand what1462WPwhat Congress1463NPCongress needed1464VVDneed to1465TOto do1466VVdo in1467INin order1468NNorder to1469TOto respond1470VVrespond to1471TOto what1472WPwhat this1473DTthis Court1474NPCourt ...1475:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]1476LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Could1477MDcould I1478PPI take1479VVtake you1480PPyou off1481RPoff ...1482:... [MR. HUGHES]1483LOC[MR. HUGHES] ...1484:... held1485VVNhold in1486INin St1487NPSt .1488SENT. Cyr1489NPCyr .1490SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]1491LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] I1492PPI 'm1493VBPbe sorry1494JJsorry .1495SENT. You1496PPyou keep1497VVPkeep on1498INon wanting1499VVGwant to1500TOto talk1501VVtalk about1502INabout St1503NPSt .1504SENT. Cyr1505NPCyr and1506CCand we1507PPwe keep1508VVPkeep wanting1509VVGwant to1510TOto talk1511VVtalk about1512INabout other1513JJother things1514NNSthing .1515SENT. But1516CCbut ,1517,, before1518INbefore you1519PPyou get1520VVPget to1521TOto that1522DTthat ,1523,, throughout1524INthroughout your1525PP$your brief1526NNbrief ,1527,, there1528EXthere 's1529VBZbe this1530DTthis idea1531NNidea that1532IN/thatthat really1533RBreally mixed1534JJmixed questions1535NNSquestion of1536INof law1537NNlaw are1538VBPbe pure1539JJpure questions1540NNSquestion of1541INof law1542NNlaw .1543SENT. I1544PPI mean1545VVPmean ,1546,, that1547IN/thatthat ,1548,, you1549PPyou know1550VVPknow ,1551,, if1552INif we1553PPwe have1554VHPhave to1555TOto put1556VVput them1557PPthem in1558INin one1559CDone bucket1560NNbucket or1561CCor another1562DTanother ,1563,, they1564PPthey should1565MDshould go1566VVgo in1567INin the1568DTthe legal1569JJlegal bucket1570NNbucket because1571INbecause they1572PPthey 're1573VBPbe all1574DTall matters1575NNSmatter of1576INof interpretation1577NNinterpretation ,1578,, you1579PPyou say1580VVPsay ;1581:; they1582PPthey 're1583VBPbe all1584RBall essentially1585RBessentially law-like1586JJlaw-like .1587SENT. But1588CCbut ,1589,, you1590PPyou know1591VVPknow ,1592,, I1593PPI started1594VVDstart looking1595VVGlook around1596INaround to1597TOto ...1598:... to1599TOto think1600VVthink about1601INabout some1602DTsome of1603INof the1604DTthe other1605JJother questions1606NNSquestion that1607IN/thatthat your1608PP$your view1609NNview might1610MDmight suggest1611VVsuggest is1612VBZbe a1613DTa law1614NNlaw question1615NNquestion ,1616,, and1617CCand so1618RBso here1619RBhere are1620VBPbe just1621RBjust a1622DTa few1623JJfew that1624IN/thatthat I1625PPI came1626VVDcome up1627RPup with1628INwith :1629:: whether1630INwhether a1631DTa non-citizen1632NNnon-citizen 's1633POS's removal1634NNremoval would1635MDwould result1636VVresult in1637INin exceptional1638JJexceptional and1639CCand extremely1640RBextremely unusual1641JJunusual hardship1642NNhardship ,1643,, whether1644INwhether a1645DTa non-citizen1646NNnon-citizen has1647VHZhave been1648VBNbe subjected1649VVNsubject to1650TOto extreme1651JJextreme cruelty1652NNcruelty ,1653,, whether1654INwhether changed1655VVNchange country1656NNcountry conditions1657NNScondition are1658VBPbe present1659JJpresent .1660SENT. I1661PPI could1662MDcould go1663VVgo on1664INon ,1665,, but1666CCbut all1667DTall of1668INof these1669DTthese ...1670:... you1671PPyou know1672VVPknow ,1673,, if1674INif you1675PPyou just1676RBjust sort1677VVsort of1678INof look1679NNlook at1680INat them1681PPthem and1682CCand say1683VVPsay what1684WPwhat is1685VBZbe it1686PPit mostly1687RBmostly going1688VVGgo to1689TOto involve1690VVinvolve ,1691,, it1692PPit seems1693VVZseem as1694INas though1695INthough most1696JJSmost of1697INof those1698DTthose questions1699NNSquestion are1700VBPbe going1701VVGgo to1702TOto mostly1703RBmostly involve1704VVinvolve fact-finding1705JJfact-finding .1706SENT. [MR. HUGHES]1707LOC[MR. HUGHES] So1708RBso ,1709,, Your1710PP$your Honor1711NPHonor ,1712,, a1713DTa few1714JJfew responses1715NNSresponse to1716TOto that1717DTthat .1718SENT. First1719RBfirst ,1720,, some1721DTsome of1722INof the1723DTthe examples1724NNSexample that1725IN/thatthat you1726PPyou gave1727VVDgive are1728VBPbe ultimately1729RBultimately issues1730NNSissue that1731WDTthat are1732VBPbe discretionary1733JJdiscretionary .1734SENT. And1735CCand when1736WRBwhen we1737PPwe have1738VHPhave a1739DTa discretionary1740JJdiscretionary question1741NNquestion ,1742,, of1743INof course1744NNcourse ,1745,, there1746EXthere 's1747VBZbe a1748DTa different1749JJdifferent framework1750NNframework under1751INunder (1752(( 21753LS2 )1754)) (1755(( B1756NPB )1757)) which1758WDTwhich would1759MDwould ...1760:... there1761EXthere would1762MDwould be1763VBbe review1764NNreview over1765INover the1766DTthe eligibility1767NNeligibility for1768INfor the1769DTthe discretionary1770JJdiscretionary determination1771NNdetermination ;1772:; for1773INfor example1774NNexample ,1775,, whether1776INwhether or1777CCor not1778RBnot there1779EXthere 's1780VBZbe a1781DTa changed1782JJchanged country1783NNcountry condition1784NNcondition is1785VBZbe likely1786RBlikely a1787DTa discretionary1788JJdiscretionary determination1789NNdetermination by1790INby the1791DTthe Board1792NPBoard .1793SENT. But1794CCbut to1795TOto ...1796:... but1797CCbut to1798TOto get1799VVget to1800TOto Your1801PP$your Honor1802NPHonor 's1803POS's principal1804JJprincipal question1805NNquestion about1806INabout how1807WRBhow we1808PPwe disentangle1809VVPdisentangle the1810DTthe ...1811:... the1812DTthe facts1813NNSfact and1814CCand the1815DTthe law1816NNlaw here1817RBhere ,1818,, and1819CCand I1820PPI think1821VVPthink the1822DTthe question1823NNquestion goes1824VVZgo to1825TOto whether1826INwhether or1827CCor not1828RBnot the1829DTthe Lakeridge1830NPLakeridge style1831NNstyle analysis1832NNanalysis ,1833,, where1834WRBwhere we1835PPwe characterize1836VVPcharacterize mixed1837JJmixed questions1838NNSquestion as1839RBas more1840RBRmore principally1841RBprincipally legal1842JJlegal or1843CCor more1844RBRmore principally1845RBprincipally factual1846JJfactual ,1847,, should1848MDshould be1849VBbe used1850VVNuse in1851INin this1852DTthis context1853NNcontext .1854SENT. And1855CCand I1856PPI think1857VVPthink that1858IN/thatthat ,1859,, of1860INof course1861NNcourse ,1862,, the1863DTthe Court1864NPCourt has1865VHZhave established1866VVNestablish that1867DTthat sort1868NNsort of1869INof framework1870NNframework for1871INfor use1872NNuse in1873INin other1874JJother parts1875NNSpart of1876INof the1877DTthe law1878NNlaw .1879SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]1880LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Well1881UHwell ,1882,, I1883PPI was1884VBDbe n't1885RBn't even1886RBeven talking1887VVGtalk about1888INabout using1889VVGuse the1890DTthe Lakeridge1891NPLakeridge framework1892NNframework here1893RBhere .1894SENT. I1895PPI was1896VBDbe just1897RBjust sort1898NNsort of1899INof talking1900VVGtalk about1901INabout the1902DTthe assumption1903NNassumption that1904IN/thatthat your1905PP$your briefs1906NNSbrief make1907VVPmake that1908IN/thatthat ,1909,, if1910INif you1911PPyou were1912VBDbe to1913TOto put1914VVput these1915DTthese in1916INin one1917CDone bucket1918NNbucket ,1919,, just1920RBjust one1921CDone bucket1922NNbucket ,1923,, it1924PPit should1925MDshould be1926VBbe the1927DTthe legal1928JJlegal bucket1929NNbucket ,1930,, that1931IN/thatthat these1932DTthese are1933VBPbe really1934RBreally law1935NNlaw questions1936NNSquestion .1937SENT. And1938CCand I1939PPI guess1940VVPguess I1941PPI 'm1942VBPbe saying1943VVGsay that1944IN/thatthat when1945WRBwhen I1946PPI look1947VVPlook at1948INat the1949DTthe range1950NNrange of1951INof these1952DTthese questions1953NNSquestion ,1954,, quite1955RBquite a1956DTa lot1957NNlot of1958INof them1959PPthem seemed1960VVDseem to1961TOto me1962PPme to1963TOto be1964VBbe really1965RBreally fact1966NNfact questions1967NNSquestion ,1968,, you1969PPyou know1970VVPknow ,1971,, cases1972VVZcase where1973WRBwhere it1974PPit 's1975VBZbe not1976RBnot only1977RBonly the1978DTthe finding1979NNfinding of1980INof facts1981NNSfact ,1982,, but1983CCbut it1984PPit 's1985VBZbe the1986DTthe weighing1987VVGweigh of1988INof facts1989NNSfact ,1990,, the1991DTthe making1992VVGmake credibility1993NNcredibility judgments1994NNSjudgment ,1995,, the1996DTthe weighing1997VVGweigh ,1998,, you1999PPyou know2000VVPknow ,2001,, the2002DTthe balancing2003NNbalancing of2004INof different2005JJdifferent facts2006NNSfact against2007INagainst each2008DTeach other2009JJother ,2010,, that2011DTthat sort2012NNsort of2013INof thing2014NNthing .2015SENT. [MR. HUGHES]2016LOC[MR. HUGHES] So2017RBso ,2018,, Your2019PP$your Honor2020NPHonor ,2021,, I2022PPI ...2023:... I2024PPI agree2025VVPagree insofar2026RBinsofar as2027INas what2028WPwhat the2029DTthe Board2030NPBoard is2031VBZbe doing2032VVGdo is2033VBZbe finding2034VVGfind historic2035JJhistoric facts2036NNSfact or2037CCor finding2038VVGfind credibility2039NNcredibility or2040CCor adding2041VVGadd historic2042JJhistoric facts2043NNSfact to2044TOto make2045VVmake other2046JJother judgments2047NNSjudgment about2048INabout historic2049JJhistoric facts2050NNSfact or2051CCor predictions2052NNSprediction about2053INabout future2054JJfuture facts2055NNSfact .2056SENT. Those2057DTthose sorts2058NNSsort of2059INof factual2060JJfactual determinations2061NNSdetermination are2062VBPbe things2063NNSthing that2064IN/thatthat there2065EXthere would2066MDwould not2067RBnot be2068VBbe jurisdiction2069NNjurisdiction under2070INunder 22071CD2 (2072(( D2073NPD )2074)) .2075SENT. What2076WPWhat our2077PP$our point2078NNpoint is2079VBZbe ,2080,, is2081VBZbe once2082RBonce those2083DTthose historic2084JJhistoric facts2085NNSfact have2086VHPhave been2087VBNbe found2088VVNfind and2089CCand then2090RBthen a2091DTa legal2092JJlegal standard2093NNstandard is2094VBZbe applied2095VVNapply to2096TOto those2097DTthose facts2098NNSfact ,2099,, that2100DTthat aspect2101NNaspect of2102INof the2103DTthe mixed2104JJmixed question2105NNquestion is2106VBZbe legal2107JJlegal .2108SENT. So2109RBso ...2110:... and2111CCand let2112VVlet me2113PPme try2114VVtry to2115TOto clarify2116VVclarify our2117PP$our briefs2118NNSbrief .2119SENT. We2120PPwe think2121VVPthink in2122INin every2123DTevery mixed2124JJmixed question2125NNquestion ,2126,, by2127INby its2128PP$its definition2129NNdefinition ,2130,, there2131EXthere is2132VBZbe a2133DTa legal2134JJlegal element2135NNelement and2136CCand there2137EXthere 's2138VBZbe a2139DTa factual2140JJfactual element2141NNelement .2142SENT. 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But2161CCbut our2162PP$our point2163NNpoint is2164VBZbe that2165IN/thatthat 12522166CD@card@ creates2167VVZcreate a2168DTa structure2169NNstructure where2170WRBwhere there2171EXthere is2172VBZbe judicial2173JJjudicial review2174NNreview insofar2175RBinsofar as2176INas there2177EXthere is2178VBZbe the2179DTthe legal2180JJlegal element2181NNelement of2182INof the2183DTthe mixed2184JJmixed question2185NNquestion ,2186,, and2187CCand that2188IN/thatthat ,2189,, unlike2190INunlike what2191WPwhat happens2192VVZhappen in2193INin other2194JJother contexts2195NNScontext where2196WRBwhere those2197DTthose two2198CDtwo are2199VBPbe put2200VVNput together2201RBtogether and2202CCand there2203EXthere is2204VBZbe a2205DTa single2206JJsingle standard2207NNstandard of2208INof review2209NNreview provided2210VVNprovide ,2211,, the2212DTthe structure2213NNstructure that2214IN/thatthat 12522215CD@card@ creates2216VVZcreate is2217VBZbe the2218DTthe courts2219NNScourt disaggregate2220VVPdisaggregate the2221DTthe ...2222:... the2223DTthe ...2224:... the2225DTthe legal2226JJlegal findings2227NNSfinding from2228INfrom the2229DTthe factual2230JJfactual findings2231NNSfinding and2232CCand they2233PPthey have2234VHPhave to2235TOto set2236VVset those2237DTthose aside2238RBaside .2239SENT. So2240RBso all2241RBall of2242INof the2243DTthe examples2244NNSexample Your2245PP$your Honor2246NPHonor provided2247VVNprovide about2248INabout the2249DTthe factual2250JJfactual findings2251NNSfinding we2252PPwe agree2253VVPagree are2254VBPbe not2255RBnot reviewable2256JJreviewable .2257SENT. But2258CCbut ,2259,, to2260TOto the2261DTthe extent2262NNextent there2263EXthere 's2264VBZbe the2265DTthe application2266NNapplication of2267INof a2268DTa legal2269JJlegal standard2270NNstandard or2271CCor considering2272VVGconsider the2273DTthe legal2274JJlegal significance2275NNsignificance of2276INof those2277DTthose historic2278JJhistoric facts2279NNSfact ,2280,, that2281WDTthat is2282VBZbe where2283WRBwhere the2284DTthe ...2285:... the2286DTthe ...2287:... the2288DTthe Board2289NPBoard is2290VBZbe doing2291VVGdo legal2292JJlegal work2293NNwork and2294CCand there2295EXthere is2296VBZbe judicial2297JJjudicial review2298NNreview over2299INover that2300WDTthat ,2301,, as2302INas a2303DTa question2304NNquestion of2305INof law2306NNlaw ...2307:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2308LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I2309PPI was2310VBDbe thinking2311VVGthink ...2312:... [MR. HUGHES]2313LOC[MR. HUGHES] ...2314:... under2315INunder Section2316NPSection 22317CD2 (2318(( D2319NPD )2320)) .2321SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2322LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...2323:... about2324RBabout this2325DTthis in2326INin similar2327JJsimilar terms2328NNSterm to2329TOto Justice2330NPJustice Kagan2331NPKagan ,2332,, but2333CCbut what2334WPwhat I2335PPI realize2336VVPrealize gave2337VVDgive me2338PPme some2339DTsome clarity2340NNclarity was2341VBDbe a2342DTa statement2343NNstatement that2344IN/thatthat my2345PP$my colleague2346NNcolleague made2347VVNmake in2348INin a2349DTa case2350NNcase involving2351VVGinvolve the2352DTthe exceptional2353JJexceptional circumstances2354NNScircumstance of2355INof diligence2356NNdiligence and2357CCand where2358WRBwhere he2359PPhe said2360VVDsay it2361PPit 's2362VBZbe a2363DTa question2364NNquestion of2365INof law2366NNlaw ,2367,, because2368INbecause let2369VVlet 's2370VBZbe take2371VVtake the2372DTthe cruel2373JJcruel ...2374:... cruelty2375NNcruelty issue2376NNissue .2377SENT. Whether2378INwhether a2379DTa punch2380NNpunch is2381VBZbe cruel2382JJcruel or2383CCor a2384DTa knife2385NNknife wound2386NNwound is2387VBZbe or2388CCor a2389DTa threat2390NNthreat to2391TOto family2392NNfamily is2393VBZbe ,2394,, all2395RBall of2396INof those2397DTthose are2398VBPbe facts2399NNSfact that2400WDTthat can2401MDcan be2402VBbe found2403VVNfind by2404INby the2405DTthe BIA2406NPBia or2407CCor a2408DTa finder2409NNfinder of2410INof fact2411NNfact .2412SENT. But2413CCbut whether2414INwhether it2415PPit constitutes2416VVZconstitute or2417CCor rises2418VVZrise to2419TOto the2420DTthe level2421NNlevel of2422INof the2423DTthe legal2424JJlegal standard2425NNstandard is2426VBZbe a2427DTa question2428NNquestion of2429INof law2430NNlaw ,2431,, correct2432JJcorrect ?2433SENT? [MR. HUGHES]2434LOC[MR. HUGHES] I2435PPI think2436VVPthink that2437WDTthat 's2438VBZbe right2439JJright ,2440,, Your2441PP$your Honor2442NPHonor .2443SENT. And2444CCand one2445CDone example2446NNexample in2447INin this2448DTthis case2449NNcase is2450VBZbe ...2451:... is2452VBZbe the2453DTthe issue2454NNissue of2455INof whether2456INwhether or2457CCor not2458RBnot the2459DTthe Fifth2460NPFifth Circu2461NPCircu it2462PPit 's2463VBZbe decision2464NNdecision in2465INin Lugo-Resendez2466NPLugo-Resendez qualifies2467VVZqualify as2468INas an2469DTan extraordinary2470JJextraordinary circumstance2471NNcircumstance .2472SENT. Either2473CCeither that2474DTthat change2475NNchange in2476INin the2477DTthe law2478NNlaw qualifies2479VVZqualify as2480INas an2481DTan extraordinary2482JJextraordinary circumstance2483NNcircumstance ,2484,, which2485WDTwhich has2486VHZhave substantial2487JJsubstantial effects2488NNSeffect for2489INfor equitable2490JJequitable tolling2491VVGtoll ,2492,, or2493CCor it2494PPit does2495VVZdo n't2496RBn't .2497SENT. But2498CCbut whatever2499WDTwhatever the2500DTthe answer2501NNanswer to2502TOto that2503DTthat question2504NNquestion is2505VBZbe ,2506,, that2507WDTthat 's2508VBZbe the2509DTthe sort2510NNsort of2511INof legal2512JJlegal issue2513NNissue that2514WDTthat should2515MDshould be2516VBbe decided2517VVNdecide the2518DTthe same2519JJsame .2520SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2521LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well2522UHWell ,2523,, but2524CCbut ,2525,, I2526PPI ...2527:... I2528PPI mean2529VVPmean ,2530,, you2531PPyou know2532VVPknow ,2533,, is2534VBZbe a2535DTa punch2536NNpunch cruel2537JJcruel ?2538SENT? I2539PPI mean2540VVPmean ,2541,, obviously2542RBobviously ,2543,, in2544INin the2545DTthe ...2546:... in2547INin the2548DTthe abstract2549JJabstract ,2550,, it2551PPit could2552MDcould be2553VBbe anything2554NNanything to2555TOto ...2556:... however2557RBhowever soft2558JJsoft it2559PPit is2560VBZbe ,2561,, to2562TOto the2563DTthe extent2564NNextent it2565PPit 's2566VBZbe an2567DTan offense2568NNoffense to2569TOto dignity2570NNdignity or2571CCor ,2572,, you2573PPyou know2574VVPknow ,2575,, I2576PPI mean2577VVPmean ,2578,, is2579VBZbe n't2580RBn't ...2581:... would2582MDwould n't2583RBn't one2584CDone thing2585NNthing to2586TOto do2587VVdo if2588INif you2589PPyou 're2590VBPbe trying2591VVGtry to2592TOto figure2593VVfigure that2594IN/thatthat out2595RBout to2596TOto be2597VBbe look2598NNlook at2599INat the2600DTthe range2601NNrange of2602INof legal2603JJlegal decisions2604NNSdecision ,2605,, determinations2606NNSdetermination ,2607,, that2608WDTthat said2609VVDsay this2610DTthis conduct2611NNconduct is2612VBZbe cruel2613JJcruel ,2614,, this2615DTthis conduct2616NNconduct is2617VBZbe not2618RBnot ,2619,, this2620DTthis conduct2621NNconduct is2622VBZbe cruel2623JJcruel ,2624,, and2625CCand I2626PPI do2627VVPdo n't2628RBn't know2629VVknow that2630IN/thatthat that2631WDTthat makes2632VVZmake it2633PPit any2634DTany easier2635JJReasy to2636TOto characterize2637VVcharacterize .2638SENT. [MR. HUGHES]2639LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well2640UHWell ,2641,, I2642PPI ...2643:... I2644PPI think2645VVPthink ,2646,, Your2647PP$your Honor2648NPHonor ,2649,, the2650DTthe Court2651NPCourt has2652VHZhave found2653VVNfind that2654IN/thatthat it2655PPit is2656VBZbe relatively2657RBrelatively easy2658JJeasy ,2659,, although2660INalthough there2661EXthere is2662VBZbe always2663RBalways line2664NNline drawing2665NNdrawing ,2666,, but2667CCbut the2668DTthe courts2669NNScourt are2670VBPbe well2671RBwell equipped2672VVNequip to2673TOto be2674VBbe able2675JJable to2676TOto distinguish2677VVdistinguish between2678INbetween where2679WRBwhere historic2680JJhistoric fact2681NNfact ends2682NNSend and2683CCand legal2684JJlegal conclusions2685NNSconclusion begin2686VVPbegin .2687SENT. That2688DTthat 's2689VBZbe something2690NNsomething the2691DTthe courts2692NNScourt have2693VHPhave to2694TOto do2695VVdo every2696DTevery day2697NNday of2698INof the2699DTthe week2700NNweek when2701WRBwhen they2702PPthey resolve2703VVPresolve 122704RB@card@ (2705(( b2706LSb )2707)) (2708(( 62709CD6 )2710)) motions2711NNSmotion ,2712,, for2713INfor example2714NNexample ,2715,, where2716WRBwhere Iqbal2717NPIqbal and2718CCand Twombly2719NPTwombly instruct2720VVPinstruct the2721DTthe courts2722NNScourt to2723TOto set2724VVset aside2725RPaside legal2726JJlegal conclusions2727NNSconclusion that2728WDTthat are2729VBPbe within2730INwithin a2731DTa complaint2732NNcomplaint .2733SENT. So2734INso I2735PPI ...2736:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]2737LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] But2738CCbut do2739VVPdo n't2740RBn't ...2741:... we2742PPwe do2743VVPdo ...2744:... [MR. HUGHES]2745LOC[MR. HUGHES] ...2746:... agree2747VVagree those2748DTthose ...2749:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]2750LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] ...2751:... we2752PPwe do2753VVPdo know2754VVknow that2755IN/thatthat Congress2756NPCongress meant2757VVDmean to2758TOto restrict2759VVrestrict the2760DTthe court2761NNcourt of2762INof appeals2763NNSappeal '2764POS' review2765NNreview of2766INof orders2767NNSorder of2768INof removal2769NNremoval of2770INof criminal2771JJcriminal aliens2772NNSalien ,2773,, so2774INso that2775WDTthat was2776VBDbe Congress2777NPCongress 's2778POS's purpose2779NNpurpose when2780WRBwhen it2781PPit wanted2782VVDwant the2783DTthe limited2784JJlimited ...2785:... limited2786JJlimited review2787NNreview in2788INin ...2789:... in2790INin the2791DTthe case2792NNcase of2793INof removal2794NNremoval of2795INof criminal2796JJcriminal aliens2797NNSalien .2798SENT. And2799CCand you2800PPyou ...2801:... you2802PPyou ...2803:... your2804PP$your position2805NNposition is2806VBZbe only2807RBonly fact2808NNfact disputes2809NNSdispute are2810VBPbe reviewable2811JJreviewable ,2812,, no2813DTno law2814NNlaw ,2815,, application2816NNapplication of2817INof law2818NNlaw to2819TOto undisputed2820JJundisputed facts2821NNSfact ,2822,, only2823RBonly straight2824RBstraight out2825INout fact2826NNfact disputes2827NNSdispute .2828SENT. And2829CCand how2830WRBhow often2831RBoften do2832VVdo straight2833RBstraight out2834INout fact2835NNfact disputes2836NNSdispute come2837VVNcome to2838TOto court2839NNcourt of2840INof appeals2841NNSappeal ?2842SENT? Because2843INbecause usually2844RBusually facts2845NNSfact are2846VBPbe decided2847VVNdecide in2848INin the2849DTthe first2850JJfirst instance2851NNinstance .2852SENT. [MR. HUGHES]2853LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well2854UHWell ,2855,, Your2856PP$your Honor2857NPHonor ,2858,, I2859PPI can2860MDcan say2861VVsay that2862IN/thatthat factual2863JJfactual disputes2864NNSdispute are2865VBPbe very2866RBvery often2867RBoften entirely2868RBentirely dispositive2869JJdispositive of2870INof removal2871NNremoval proceedings2872NNSproceeding .2873SENT. 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For2916INfor example2917NNexample ,2918,, an2919DTan individual2920NNindividual might2921MDmight claim2922VVclaim that2923IN/thatthat they2924PPthey were2925VBDbe born2926VVNbear in2927INin the2928DTthe United2929NPUnited States2930NPSStates ,2931,, so2932RBso ,2933,, in2934INin fact2935NNfact ,2936,, a2937DTa U2938NPU .2939SENT. S2940NPS .2941SENT. citizen2942NNcitizen .2943SENT. They2944PPthey might2945MDmight claim2946VVclaim that2947IN/thatthat examples2948NNSexample of2949INof past2950JJpast persecution2951NNpersecution occurred2952VVDoccur ,2953,, so2954RBso they2955PPthey 're2956VBPbe entitled2957VVNentitle to2958TOto asylum2959NNasylum ,2960,, but2961CCbut the2962DTthe Board2963NPBoard might2964MDmight disagree2965VVdisagree .2966SENT. That2967DTthat can2968MDcan include2969VVinclude ,2970,, if2971INif they2972PPthey had2973VHDhave forced2974VVNforce sterilization2975NNsterilization or2976CCor forced2977JJforced abortions2978NNSabortion ,2979,, the2980DTthe Board2981NPBoard will2982MDwill have2983VHhave to2984TOto decide2985VVdecide whether2986INwhether or2987CCor not2988RBnot those2989DTthose things2990NNSthing occurred2991VVDoccur .2992SENT. Did2993VVDdo the2994DTthe individual2995NNindividual testify2996VVtestify credibly2997RBcredibly ?2998SENT? That2999DTthat will3000MDwill often3001RBoften be3002VBbe dispositive3003JJdispositive of3004INof the3005DTthe removal3006NNremoval proceeding3007NNproceeding .3008SENT. And3009CCand I3010PPI can3011MDcan go3012VVgo on3013INon with3014INwith a3015DTa list3016NNlist of3017INof different3018JJdifferent issues3019NNSissue .3020SENT. For3021INfor example3022NNexample ,3023,, was3024VBDbe the3025DTthe individual3026NNindividual convicted3027VVNconvict of3028INof the3029DTthe particular3030JJparticular crime3031NNcrime or3032CCor was3033VBDbe it3034PPit somebody3035NNsomebody else3036RBelse with3037INwith the3038DTthe same3039JJsame name3040NNname ?3041SENT? Those3042DTthose are3043VBPbe factual3044JJfactual disputes3045NNSdispute that3046IN/thatthat the3047DTthe Boards3048NNSboard are3049VBPbe resolving3050VVGresolve or3051CCor that3052IN/thatthat the3053DTthe immigration3054NNimmigration judges3055NNSjudge in3056INin the3057DTthe first3058JJfirst instance3059NNinstance and3060CCand then3061RBthen the3062DTthe Boards3063NNSboard are3064VBPbe resolving3065VVGresolve on3066INon a3067DTa daily3068JJdaily basis3069NNbasis .3070SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]3071LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Mr3072NPMr .3073SENT. Hughes3074NPHughes ,3075,, along3076INalong similar3077JJsimilar lines3078NNSline ,3079,, the3080DTthe question3081NNquestion we3082PPwe have3083VHPhave here3084RBhere is3085VBZbe reasonable3086JJreasonable diligence3087NNdiligence .3088SENT. That3089DTthat ...3090:... that3091WDTthat 's3092VBZbe the3093DTthe big3094JJbig question3095NNquestion .3096SENT. And3097CCand when3098WRBwhen that3099DTthat 's3100VBZbe reviewed3101VVNreview under3102INunder 12523103CD@card@ ,3104,, where3105WRBwhere it3106PPit can3107MDcan be3108VBbe reviewed3109VVNreview ,3110,, my3111PP$my understanding3112NNunderstanding is3113VBZbe the3114DTthe courts3115NNScourt of3116INof appeals3117NNSappeal review3118VVPreview that3119IN/thatthat for3120INfor abuse3121NNabuse of3122INof discretion3123NNdiscretion .3124SENT. And3125CCand that3126WDTthat would3127MDwould typically3128RBtypically be3129VBbe the3130DTthe case3131NNcase in3132INin a3133DTa lot3134NNlot of3135INof questions3136NNSquestion where3137WRBwhere diligence3138NNdiligence is3139VBZbe ...3140:... is3141VBZbe the3142DTthe issue3143NNissue .3144SENT. The3145DTthe courts3146NNScourt of3147INof appeals3148NNSappeal will3149MDwill review3150VVreview that3151IN/thatthat for3152INfor ...3153:... for3154INfor abuse3155NNabuse of3156INof discretion3157NNdiscretion .3158SENT. If3159INif that3160DTthat 's3161VBZbe right3162JJright ...3163:... and3164CCand just3165RBjust suppose3166VVPsuppose for3167INfor a3168DTa moment3169NNmoment that3170WDTthat 's3171VBZbe right3172JJright ,3173,, all3174DTall right3175NNright ?3176SENT? Let3177NPLet 's3178POS's not3179RBnot argue3180VVPargue about3181RBabout that3182RBthat .3183SENT. Let3184VVlet 's3185VBZbe suppose3186VVsuppose that3187WDTthat 's3188VBZbe the3189DTthe right3190JJright standard3191NNstandard of3192INof review3193NNreview .3194SENT. What3195WPWhat does3196VVZdo that3197RBthat teach3198VVteach us3199PPus about3200INabout the3201DTthe ...3202:... the3203DTthe question3204NNquestion before3205INbefore us3206PPus ?3207SENT? [MR. HUGHES]3208LOC[MR. HUGHES] As3209INas Your3210PP$your Honor3211NPHonor suggests3212VVZsuggest ,3213,, I3214PPI ...3215:... I3216PPI ...3217:... our3218PP$our principal3219JJprincipal argument3220NNargument is3221VBZbe to3222TOto resist3223VVresist the3224DTthe premise3225NNpremise .3226SENT. We3227PPwe do3228VVPdo think3229VVthink that3230IN/thatthat the3231DTthe weight3232NNweight of3233INof the3234DTthe laws3235NNSlaw in3236INin this3237DTthis Court3238NPCourt 's3239POS's precedent3240NNprecedent is3241VBZbe treating3242VVGtreat diligence3243NNdiligence not3244RBnot as3245RBas ...3246:... as3247INas a3248DTa question3249NNquestion of3250INof law3251NNlaw that3252WDTthat is3253VBZbe reviewed3254VVNreview de3255NPde novo3256NPNovo .3257SENT. But3258CCbut if3259INif the3260DTthe Court3261NPCourt ...3262:... accepting3263VVGaccept the3264DTthe premise3265NNpremise and3266CCand the3267DTthe Court3268NPCourt disagrees3269VVZdisagree with3270INwith us3271PPus ,3272,, which3273WDTwhich I3274PPI do3275VVPdo n't3276RBn't think3277VVthink it3278PPit should3279MDshould ,3280,, but3281CCbut if3282INif the3283DTthe Court3284NPCourt does3285VVZdo disagree3286VVdisagree with3287INwith us3288PPus ,3289,, what3290WPwhat this3291DTthis Court3292NPCourt still3293RBstill holds3294VVZhold is3295VBZbe ,3296,, to3297TOto the3298DTthe extent3299NNextent that3300IN/thatthat there3301EXthere is3302VBZbe deference3303NNdeference or3304CCor ...3305:... or3306CCor ...3307:... a3308DTa discretion3309NNdiscretion that3310WDTthat lies3311VVZlie with3312INwith the3313DTthe Board3314NPBoard ,3315,, still3316RBstill the3317DTthe proper3318JJproper way3319NNway to3320TOto approach3321VVapproach Section3322NPSection 23323CD2 (3324(( D3325NPD )3326)) in3327INin these3328DTthese contexts3329NNScontext is3330VBZbe to3331TOto determine3332VVdetermine whether3333INwhether or3334CCor not3335RBnot the3336DTthe individual3337NNindividual has3338VHZhave shown3339VVNshow their3340PP$their legal3341JJlegal eligibility3342NNeligibility ,3343,, that3344WDTthat 23345CD2 (3346(( D3347NPD )3348)) provides3349VVZprovide review3350NNreview over3351INover that3352DTthat eligibility3353NNeligibility for3354INfor the3355DTthe ultimate3356JJultimate exercise3357NNexercise of3358INof discretion3359NNdiscretion .3360SENT. So3361RBso even3362RBeven if3363INif reasonable3364JJreasonable diligence3365NNdiligence is3366VBZbe discretionary3367JJdiscretionary ,3368,, and3369CCand we3370PPwe do3371VVPdo n't3372RBn't think3373VVthink it3374PPit is3375VBZbe ,3376,, but3377CCbut there3378EXthere would3379MDwould still3380RBstill be3381VBbe the3382DTthe question3383NNquestion if3384INif they3385PPthey 've3386VHPhave shown3387VVNshow the3388DTthe threshold3389NNthreshold step3390NNstep of3391INof being3392VBGbe eligible3393JJeligible .3394SENT. And3395CCand Your3396PP$your Honor3397NPHonor 's3398POS's decision3399NNdecision in3400INin Iliev3401NPIliev in3402INin the3403DTthe Tenth3404JJtenth Circuit3405NNcircuit ,3406,, I3407PPI think3408VVPthink ,3409,, clearly3410RBclearly established3411VVNestablish how3412WRBhow ,3413,, even3414RBeven when3415WRBwhen there3416EXthere is3417VBZbe an3418DTan underlying3419VVGunderlie discretionary3420JJdiscretionary determination3421NNdetermination ,3422,, there3423EXthere is3424VBZbe ...3425:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]3426LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] I3427PPI think3428VVPthink I3429PPI did3430VVDdo everything3431NNeverything I3432PPI could3433MDcould to3434TOto avoid3435VVavoid this3436DTthis question3437NNquestion in3438INin that3439DTthat case3440NNcase ,3441,, and3442CCand I3443PPI think3444VVPthink you3445PPyou know3446VVPknow that3447RBthat .3448SENT. But3449CCbut I3450PPI ...3451:... I3452PPI ...3453:... I3454PPI ...3455:... I3456PPI guess3457VVPguess I3458PPI 'm3459VBPbe just3460RBjust trying3461VVGtry to3462TOto disentangle3463VVdisentangle what3464WPwhat would3465MDwould be3466VBbe available3467JJavailable for3468INfor us3469PPus to3470TOto review3471VVreview legally3472RBlegally versus3473INversus what3474WPwhat would3475MDwould then3476RBthen be3477VBbe left3478VVNleave to3479TOto the3480DTthe Board3481NPBoard ,3482,, the3483DTthe discretionary3484JJdiscretionary decision3485NNdecision ,3486,, if3487INif ,3488,, in3489INin fact3490NNfact ,3491,, we3492PPwe review3493VVPreview the3494DTthe case3495NNcase for3496INfor abuse3497NNabuse of3498INof discretion3499NNdiscretion in3500INin our3501PP$our legal3502JJlegal review3503NNreview .3504SENT. [MR. HUGHES]3505LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well3506UHWell ,3507,, Your3508PP$your Honor3509NPHonor ,3510,, where3511WRBwhere I3512PPI think3513VVPthink abuse3514NNabuse of3515INof discretion3516NNdiscretion comes3517VVZcome in3518INin is3519VBZbe not3520RBnot at3521INat the3522DTthe question3523NNquestion of3524INof ...3525:... of3526INof diligence3527NNdiligence .3528SENT. It3529PPit comes3530VVZcome in3531RPin with3532INwith whether3533INwhether or3534CCor not3535RBnot the3536DTthe Board3537NPBoard chooses3538VVZchoose to3539TOto reopen3540VVreopen the3541DTthe case3542NNcase .3543SENT. The3544DTthe Board3545NPBoard ...3546:... that3547WDTthat is3548VBZbe a3549DTa decision3550NNdecision that3551IN/thatthat we3552PPwe agree3553VVPagree the3554DTthe Board3555NPBoard has3556VHZhave discretion3557NNdiscretion as3558INas to3559TOto whether3560INwhether or3561CCor not3562RBnot to3563TOto reopen3564VVreopen the3565DTthe case3566NNcase .3567SENT. I3568PPI think3569VVPthink diligence3570NNdiligence ,3571,, as3572INas this3573DTthis Court3574NPCourt has3575VHZhave said3576VVNsay in3577INin Bank3578NPBank of3579INof Columbia3580NPColumbia ,3581,, and3582CCand I3583PPI can3584MDcan cite3585VVcite five3586CDfive more3587JJRmore cases3588NNScase ,3589,, that3590WDTthat is3591VBZbe a3592DTa pure3593JJpure question3594NNquestion of3595INof law3596NNlaw .3597SENT. But3598CCbut ,3599,, when3600WRBwhen the3601DTthe Board3602NPBoard decides3603VVZdecide a3604DTa case3605NNcase in3606INin a3607DTa different3608JJdifferent way3609NNway and3610CCand says3611VVZsay we3612PPwe 're3613VBPbe deciding3614VVGdecide this3615DTthis as3616INas a3617DTa matter3618NNmatter of3619INof discretion3620NNdiscretion ,3621,, we3622PPwe 're3623VBPbe issuing3624VVGissue what3625WPwhat the3626DTthe Board3627NPBoard calls3628VVZcall a3629DTa discretionary3630JJdiscretionary denial3631NNdenial ,3632,, that3633WDTthat is3634VBZbe the3635DTthe sort3636NNsort of3637INof issue3638NNissue that3639WDTthat is3640VBZbe not3641RBnot subject3642JJsubject to3643TOto judicial3644JJjudicial review3645NNreview .3646SENT. And3647CCand when3648WRBwhen the3649DTthe Board3650NPBoard does3651VVZdo a3652DTa discretionary3653JJdiscretionary denial3654NNdenial ,3655,, that3656WDTthat is3657VBZbe very3658RBvery clear3659JJclear on3660INon the3661DTthe face3662NNface of3663INof it3664PPit .3665SENT. And3666CCand let3667VVlet me3668PPme just3669RBjust provide3670VVPprovide an3671DTan example3672NNexample .3673SENT. We3674PPwe ...3675:... we3676PPwe just3677RBjust went3678VVDgo and3679CCand found3680VVDfind a3681DTa recent3682JJrecent BIA3683NPBia decision3684NNdecision from3685INfrom November3686NPNovember 13687CD1 ,3688,, 20193689CD@card@ .3690SENT. This3691DTthis is3692VBZbe Matter3693NPMatter of3694INof CASD3695NPCASD .3696SENT. And3697CCand the3698DTthe Board3699NPBoard said3700VVDsay "3701``" we3702PPwe conclude3703VVPconclude that3704IN/thatthat Respondent3705NNrespondent does3706VVZdo not3707RBnot merit3708VVmerit a3709DTa favorable3710JJfavorable exercise3711NNexercise of3712INof discretion3713NNdiscretion because3714INbecause '3715''' the3716DTthe equities3717NNSequity in3718INin his3719PP$his case3720NNcase are3721VBPbe insufficient3722JJinsufficient to3723TOto outweigh3724VVoutweigh his3725PP$his history3726NNhistory of3727INof very3728RBvery serious3729JJserious and3730CCand violent3731JJviolent criminal3732JJcriminal conduct3733NNconduct .3734SENT. '3735''' "3736``" When3737WRBwhen the3738DTthe Board3739NPBoard is3740VBZbe exercising3741VVGexercise its3742PP$its discretion3743NNdiscretion to3744TOto make3745VVmake a3746DTa discretionary3747JJdiscretionary denial3748NNdenial ,3749,, it3750PPit says3751VVZsay so3752RBso expressly3753RBexpressly on3754INon the3755DTthe face3756NNface of3757INof the3758DTthe opinion3759NNopinion .3760SENT. We3761PPwe agree3762VVPagree that3763DTthat none3764NNnone of3765INof that3766DTthat exercise3767NNexercise of3768INof discretion3769NNdiscretion when3770WRBwhen appropriate3771JJappropriate is3772VBZbe reviewable3773JJreviewable ,3774,, and3775CCand that3776WDTthat could3777MDcould be3778VBbe the3779DTthe case3780NNcase with3781INwith a3782DTa motion3783NNmotion to3784TOto reopen3785VVreopen ,3786,, where3787WRBwhere the3788DTthe Board3789NPBoard does3790VVZdo have3791VHhave discretion3792NNdiscretion .3793SENT. But3794CCbut the3795DTthe Board3796NPBoard did3797VVDdo not3798RBnot exercise3799VVexercise that3800DTthat discretion3801NNdiscretion in3802INin this3803DTthis case3804NNcase .3805SENT. It3806PPit found3807VVDfind that3808IN/thatthat he3809PPhe was3810VBDbe ineligible3811JJineligible for3812INfor ...3813:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]3814LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Mr3815NPMr .3816SENT. Hughes3817NPHughes ,3818,, I3819PPI mean3820VVPmean ,3821,, I3822PPI think3823VVPthink the3824DTthe question3825NNquestion that3826IN/thatthat Justice3827NPJustice Gorsuch3828NPGorsuch asked3829VVNask is3830VBZbe a3831DTa very3832RBvery broad3833JJbroad one3834CDone ,3835,, and3836CCand it3837PPit 's3838VBZbe ...3839:... it3840PPit 's3841VBZbe with3842INwith respect3843NNrespect not3844RBnot just3845RBjust to3846TOto the3847DTthe diligence3848NNdiligence but3849CCbut to3850TOto all3851PDTall these3852DTthese other3853JJother questions3854NNSquestion that3855IN/thatthat you3856PPyou think3857VVPthink should3858MDshould end3859VVend up3860RPup being3861VBGbe reviewable3862JJreviewable ,3863,, like3864INlike the3865DTthe ones3866NNSone that3867IN/thatthat I3868PPI mentioned3869VVDmention ,3870,, which3871WDTwhich sound3872VVPsound awfully3873RBawfully factual3874JJfactual ,3875,, you3876PPyou know3877VVPknow ,3878,, extreme3879JJextreme cruelty3880NNcruelty ,3881,, whether3882INwhether there3883EXthere is3884VBZbe unusual3885JJunusual hardship3886NNhardship ,3887,, whether3888INwhether there3889EXthere 's3890VBZbe changed3891JJchanged country3892NNcountry conditions3893NNScondition .3894SENT. All3895DTall of3896INof those3897DTthose are3898VBPbe reviewed3899VVNreview generally3900RBgenerally with3901INwith a3902DTa highly3903RBhighly deferential3904JJdeferential standard3905NNstandard .3906SENT. And3907CCand ...3908:... and3909CCand that3910WDTthat suggests3911VVZsuggest that3912DTthat ...3913:... that3914DTthat ...3915:... that3916DTthat ...3917:... that3918IN/thatthat everybody3919NNeverybody 's3920VBZbe aware3921JJaware that3922IN/thatthat most3923JJSmost of3924INof the3925DTthe work3926NNwork is3927VBZbe being3928VBGbe done3929VVNdo at3930INat the3931DTthe factual3932JJfactual level3933NNlevel and3934CCand the3935DTthe application3936NNapplication of3937INof the3938DTthe legal3939JJlegal standard3940NNstandard at3941INat the3942DTthe end3943NNend is3944VBZbe ...3945:... is3946VBZbe ...3947:... is3948VBZbe not3949RBnot where3950WRBwhere the3951DTthe action3952NNaction is3953VBZbe .3954SENT. And3955CCand given3956VVNgive what3957WPwhat Justice3958NPJustice Ginsburg3959NPGinsburg was3960VBDbe saying3961VVGsay about3962INabout Congress3963NPCongress 's3964POS's intent3965NNintent here3966RBhere ,3967,, which3968WDTwhich was3969VBDbe pretty3970RBpretty clearly3971RBclearly to3972TOto withdraw3973VVwithdraw review3974NNreview power3975NNpower from3976INfrom large3977JJlarge categories3978NNScategory of3979INof cases3980NNScase ,3981,, except3982INexcept the3983DTthe ones3984NNSone that3985WDTthat were3986VBDbe principally3987RBprincipally legal3988JJlegal in3989INin quality3990NNquality ,3991,, you3992PPyou know3993VVPknow ,3994,, why3995WRBwhy ...3996:... why3997WRBwhy does3998VVZdo n't3999RBn't that4000WDTthat suggest4001VVPsuggest that4002IN/thatthat you4003PPyou 're4004VBPbe putting4005VVGput too4006RBtoo much4007RBmuch in4008INin this4009DTthis reviewable4010JJreviewable basket4011NNbasket ?4012SENT? [MR. HUGHES]4013LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well4014UHWell ,4015,, Your4016PP$your Honor4017NPHonor ,4018,, to4019TOto the4020DTthe extent4021NNextent those4022DTthose questions4023NNSquestion ,4024,, as4025INas you4026PPyou say4027VVPsay ,4028,, are4029VBPbe driven4030VVNdrive principally4031RBprincipally by4032INby the4033DTthe facts4034NNSfact and4035CCand the4036DTthe legal4037JJlegal work4038NNwork is4039VBZbe only4040RBonly doing4041VVGdo a4042DTa little4043JJlittle tail4044NNtail at4045INat the4046DTthe end4047NNend ,4048,, then4049RBthen that4050DTthat would4051MDwould be4052VBbe true4053JJtrue on4054INon appeal4055NNappeal as4056INas well4057RBwell .4058SENT. The4059DTthe legal4060JJlegal work4061NNwork would4062MDwould not4063RBnot be4064VBbe doing4065VVGdo a4066DTa whole4067JJwhole lot4068NNlot ,4069,, and4070CCand the4071DTthe decisions4072NNSdecision might4073MDmight be4074VBbe established4075VVNestablish by4076INby the4077DTthe facts4078NNSfact that4079WDTthat would4080MDwould be4081VBbe found4082VVNfind by4083INby the4084DTthe Board4085NPBoard and4086CCand would4087MDwould not4088RBnot be4089VBbe reviewable4090JJreviewable .4091SENT. But4092CCbut let4093VVlet me4094PPme provide4095VVprovide an4096DTan example4097NNexample where4098WRBwhere I4099PPI think4100VVPthink it4101PPit is4102VBZbe heavily4103RBheavily factual4104JJfactual ,4105,, but4106CCbut I4107PPI think4108VVPthink we4109PPwe would4110MDwould say4111VVsay that4112DTthat review4113NNreview would4114MDwould be4115VBbe a4116DTa question4117NNquestion of4118INof law4119NNlaw .4120SENT. Assume4121VVassume for4122INfor a4123DTa moment4124NNmoment in4125INin an4126DTan asylum4127NNasylum case4128NNcase there4129RBthere 's4130VBZbe a4131DTa question4132NNquestion of4133INof past4134JJpast persecution4135NNpersecution ,4136,, which4137WDTwhich is4138VBZbe very4139RBvery important4140JJimportant in4141INin asylum4142NNasylum cases4143NNScase .4144SENT. Persecution4145NNpersecution is4146VBZbe generally4147RBgenerally defined4148VVNdefine as4149INas a4150DTa threat4151NNthreat to4152TOto one4153CDone 's4154POS's life4155NNlife or4156CCor freedom4157NNfreedom ,4158,, and4159CCand past4160JJpast persecution4161NNpersecution creates4162VVZcreate a4163DTa presumption4164NNpresumption of4165INof future4166JJfuture persecution4167NNpersecution .4168SENT. The4169DTthe Board4170NPBoard takes4171VVZtake a4172DTa case4173NNcase .4174SENT. They4175PPthey properly4176RBproperly state4177VVPstate that4178DTthat standard4179NNstandard .4180SENT. Then4181RBthen they4182PPthey find4183VVPfind these4184DTthese facts4185NNSfact :4186:: An4187DTan individual4188NNindividual was4189VBDbe imprisoned4190VVNimprison in4191INin a4192DTa particular4193JJparticular country4194NNcountry for4195INfor a4196DTa decade4197NNdecade because4198INbecause of4199INof their4200PP$their membership4201NNmembership in4202INin a4203DTa political4204JJpolitical party4205NNparty .4206SENT. That4207DTthat is4208VBZbe a4209DTa classic4210JJclassic case4211NNcase of4212INof persecution4213NNpersecution .4214SENT. But4215CCbut then4216RBthen the4217DTthe Board4218NPBoard concludes4219VVZconclude :4220:: This4221DTthis individual4222NNindividual was4223VBDbe not4224RBnot subject4225JJsubject to4226TOto past4227JJpast persecution4228NNpersecution .4229SENT. Well4230UHwell ,4231,, what4232WPwhat do4233VVPdo you4234PPyou do4235VVPdo with4236INwith that4237DTthat case4238NNcase ?4239SENT? The4240DTthe Board4241NPBoard said4242VVDsay that4243IN/thatthat they4244PPthey properly4245RBproperly ...4246:... they4247PPthey identified4248VVDidentify the4249DTthe proper4250JJproper standard4251NNstandard ,4252,, they4253PPthey found4254VVDfind the4255DTthe facts4256NNSfact ,4257,, and4258CCand usually4259RBusually the4260DTthe facts4261NNSfact are4262VBPbe going4263VVGgo to4264TOto be4265VBbe dispositive4266JJdispositive ,4267,, but4268CCbut there4269RBthere at4270INat the4271DTthe end4272NNend where4273WRBwhere that4274DTthat ...4275:... the4276DTthe ...4277:... the4278DTthe law4279NNlaw issue4280NNissue came4281VVDcome in4282INin was4283VBDbe only4284RBonly a4285DTa very4286RBvery small4287JJsmall part4288NNpart of4289INof the4290DTthe case4291NNcase but4292CCbut turned4293VVDturn out4294RPout to4295TOto be4296VBbe dispositive4297JJdispositive .4298SENT. I4299PPI think4300VVPthink the4301DTthe government4302NNgovernment even4303RBeven agrees4304VVZagree that4305IN/thatthat ,4306,, in4307INin circumstances4308NNScircumstance like4309VVPlike that4310IN/thatthat ,4311,, for4312INfor judicial4313JJjudicial review4314NNreview to4315TOto actually4316RBactually be4317VBbe substantive4318JJsubstantive judicial4319JJjudicial review4320NNreview ,4321,, there4322EXthere would4323MDwould have4324VHhave to4325TOto be4326VBbe review4327NNreview in4328INin that4329DTthat case4330NNcase .4331SENT. And4332CCand we4333PPwe think4334VVPthink that4335WDTthat is4336VBZbe critical4337JJcritical for4338INfor the4339DTthe Court4340NPCourt to4341TOto recognize4342VVrecognize that4343IN/thatthat in4344INin cases4345NNScase like4346INlike that4347DTthat ,4348,, there4349EXthere is4350VBZbe judicial4351JJjudicial review4352NNreview .4353SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4354LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] On4355INon the4356DTthe statutory4357JJstatutory history4358NNhistory point4359NNpoint that4360IN/thatthat Justice4361NPJustice Kagan4362NPKagan raised4363VVDraise ,4364,, St4365NPSt .4366SENT. Cyr4367NPCyr involves4368VVZinvolve what4369WPwhat the4370DTthe Court4371NPCourt characterized4372VVDcharacterize as4373INas pure4374JJpure questions4375NNSquestion of4376INof law4377NNlaw .4378SENT. Congress4379NPCongress ,4380,, we4381PPwe know4382VVPknow ,4383,, then4384RBthen comes4385VVZcome in4386INin ,4387,, and4388CCand there4389EXthere are4390VBPbe a4391DTa variety4392NNvariety of4393INof statutes4394NNSstatute ,4395,, as4396INas you4397PPyou 're4398VBPbe aware4399JJaware ,4400,, that4401WDTthat refer4402VVPrefer to4403TOto mixed4404JJmixed questions4405NNSquestion ,4406,, but4407CCbut Congress4408NPCongress in4409INin this4410DTthis statute4411NNstatute does4412VVZdo not4413RBnot refer4414VVrefer specifically4415RBspecifically to4416TOto mixed4417JJmixed questions4418NNSquestion .4419SENT. So4420RBso ,4421,, if4422INif you4423PPyou put4424VVDput those4425DTthose two4426CDtwo things4427NNSthing together4428RBtogether ,4429,, you4430PPyou would4431MDwould lean4432VVlean toward4433INtoward reading4434VVGread this4435DTthis statute4436NNstatute to4437TOto refer4438VVrefer to4439TOto what4440WPwhat one4441PPone might4442MDmight call4443VVcall pure4444JJpure questions4445NNSquestion of4446INof law4447NNlaw .4448SENT. That4449DTthat 's4450VBZbe the4451DTthe government4452NNgovernment 's4453POS's argument4454NNargument .4455SENT. How4456WRBHow do4457VVPdo you4458PPyou respond4459VVrespond to4460TOto that4461DTthat statutory4462JJstatutory history4463NNhistory ?4464SENT? [MR. HUGHES]4465LOC[MR. HUGHES] A4466DTa few4467JJfew reasons4468NNSreason ,4469,, Your4470PP$your Honor4471NPHonor .4472SENT. First4473RBfirst ,4474,, I4475PPI think4476VVPthink this4477DTthis is4478VBZbe the4479DTthe government4480NNgovernment 's4481POS's three-part4482JJthree-part topology4483NNtopology ,4484,, that4485WDTthat Congress4486NPCongress speaks4487VVZspeak of4488INof mixed4489JJmixed questions4490NNSquestion .4491SENT. And4492CCand I4493PPI think4494VVPthink that4495WDTthat 's4496VBZbe disproven4497JJdisproven by4498INby a4499DTa section4500NNsection of4501INof the4502DTthe REAL4503JJreal ID4504NNid Act4505NNact that4506WDTthat is4507VBZbe just4508RBjust a4509DTa couple4510NNcouple sections4511NNSsection after4512INafter where4513WRBwhere (4514(( 24515LS2 )4516)) (4517(( D4518NPD )4519)) was4520VBDbe created4521VVNcreate ,4522,, and4523CCand that4524IN/thatthat amended4525VVNamend (4526(( b4527LSb )4528)) (4529(( 94530CD9 )4531)) ,4532,, the4533DTthe zipper4534NNzipper clause4535NNclause ,4536,, in4537INin a4538DTa way4539NNway to4540TOto deal4541VVdeal with4542INwith all4543DTall of4544INof the4545DTthe issues4546NNSissue that4547WDTthat arise4548VVParise in4549INin immigration4550NNimmigration ,4551,, and4552CCand there4553RBthere it4554PPit speaks4555VVZspeak of4556INof law4557NNlaw or4558CCor fact4559NNfact .4560SENT. So4561RBso we4562PPwe know4563VVPknow that4564IN/thatthat Congress4565NPCongress often4566RBoften speaks4567VVZspeak of4568INof law4569NNlaw or4570CCor fact4571NNfact to4572TOto be4573VBbe inclusive4574JJinclusive of4575INof the4576DTthe whole4577JJwhole universe4578NNuniverse .4579SENT. But4580CCbut the4581DTthe second4582JJsecond point4583NNpoint is4584VBZbe ,4585,, in4586INin order4587NNorder to4588TOto respond4589VVrespond to4590TOto St4591NPSt .4592SENT. Cyr4593NPCyr ,4594,, what4595WPwhat Congress4596NPCongress knew4597VVDknow or4598CCor was4599VBDbe attempting4600VVGattempt to4601TOto do4602VVdo ...4603:... and4604CCand this4605DTthis is4606VBZbe shared4607JJshared ground4608NNground with4609INwith the4610DTthe government4611NNgovernment ...4612:... was4613VBDbe take4614VVtake the4615DTthe scope4616NNscope of4617INof then4618RBthen existing4619VVGexist habeas4620NNShabea jurisdiction4621NNjurisdiction that4622WDTthat was4623VBDbe occurring4624VVGoccur in4625INin the4626DTthe district4627NNdistrict courts4628NNScourt ,4629,, keep4630VVkeep that4631DTthat scope4632NNscope of4633INof jurisdiction4634NNjurisdiction the4635DTthe same4636JJsame ,4637,, and4638CCand move4639VVmove that4640DTthat jurisdiction4641NNjurisdiction into4642INinto the4643DTthe courts4644NNScourt of4645INof appeals4646NNSappeal for4647INfor petitions4648NNSpetition for4649INfor review4650NNreview under4651INunder Section4652NPSection 12524653CD@card@ .4654SENT. The4655DTthe evidence4656NNevidence there4657EXthere is4658VBZbe unanimous4659JJunanimous that4660IN/thatthat four4661CDfour courts4662NNScourt of4663INof appeals4664NNSappeal following4665VVGfollow St4666NPSt .4667SENT. Cyr4668NPCyr had4669VHDhave looked4670VVNlook at4671INat the4672DTthe ...4673:... that4674DTthat decision4675NNdecision and4676CCand addressed4677VVDaddress the4678DTthe scope4679NNscope of4680INof jurisdiction4681NNjurisdiction .4682SENT. All4683DTall four4684CDfour courts4685NNScourt had4686VHDhave found4687VVNfind that4688IN/thatthat there4689EXthere was4690VBDbe decidedly4691RBdecidedly jurisdiction4692NNjurisdiction to4693TOto resolve4694VVresolve the4695DTthe application4696NNapplication of4697INof law4698NNlaw to4699TOto fact4700NNfact .4701SENT. If4702INif Congress4703NPCongress had4704VHDhave not4705RBnot had4706VHNhave (4707(( 24708LS2 )4709)) (4710(( D4711NPD )4712)) 's4713VBZbe sweep4714NNsweep to4715TOto include4716VVinclude applications4717NNSapplication of4718INof law4719NNlaw to4720TOto fact4721NNfact ,4722,, that4723DTthat habeas4724NNShabea jurisdiction4725NNjurisdiction that4726WDTthat had4727VHDhave been4728VBNbe recognized4729VVNrecognize in4730INin four4731CDfour separate4732JJseparate circuits4733NNScircuit would4734MDwould have4735VHhave been4736VBNbe retained4737VVNretain .4738SENT. And4739CCand then4740RBthen a4741DTa final4742JJfinal point4743NNpoint on4744INon the4745DTthe history4746NNhistory there4747RBthere ,4748,, Your4749PP$your Honor4750NPHonor ,4751,, is4752VBZbe that4753IN/thatthat earlier4754JJRearly drafts4755NNSdraft had4756VHDhave included4757VVNinclude the4758DTthe ...4759:... the4760DTthe term4761NNterm "4762``" pure4763JJpure questions4764NNSquestion of4765INof law4766NNlaw .4767SENT. "4768''" That4769WDTthat drew4770VVDdraw a4771DTa specific4772JJspecific objection4773NNobjection from4774INfrom commentators4775NNScommentator during4776INduring the4777DTthe markup4778NNmarkup process4779NNprocess .4780SENT. And4781CCand after4782INafter that4783DTthat objection4784NNobjection to4785TOto the4786DTthe word4787NNword "4788``" pure4789JJpure "4790''" was4791VBDbe lodged4792VVNlodge ,4793,, Congress4794NPCongress then4795RBthen struck4796VVDstrike that4797IN/thatthat limitation4798NNlimitation and4799CCand this4800DTthis Court4801NPCourt ...4802:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4803LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But4804CCbut they4805PPthey said4806VVDsay that4807DTthat was4808VBDbe because4809INbecause it4810PPit was4811VBDbe redundant4812JJredundant .4813SENT. [MR. HUGHES]4814LOC[MR. HUGHES] Well4815UHWell ,4816,, that4817WDTthat was4818VBDbe in4819INin the4820DTthe conference4821NNconference report4822NNreport ,4823,, Your4824PP$your Honor4825NPHonor ,4826,, and4827CCand if4828INif this4829DTthis Court4830NPCourt is4831VBZbe going4832VVGgo to4833TOto look4834VVlook to4835TOto the4836DTthe conference4837NNconference report4838NNreport ,4839,, where4840WRBwhere I4841PPI think4842VVPthink this4843DTthis is4844VBZbe an4845DTan area4846NNarea to4847TOto be4848VBbe skeptical4849JJskeptical because4850INbecause what4851WPwhat Congress4852NPCongress actually4853RBactually did4854VVDdo is4855VBZbe far4856RBfar more4857RBRmore probative4858JJprobative ,4859,, but4860CCbut if4861INif the4862DTthe Court4863NPCourt looks4864VVZlook to4865TOto the4866DTthe conference4867NNconference report4868NNreport ,4869,, I4870PPI think4871VVPthink you4872PPyou look4873VVPlook a4874DTa couple4875NNcouple sentences4876VVZsentence later4877RBRlater where4878WRBwhere the4879DTthe Court4880NPCourt ...4881:... where4882WRBwhere the4883DTthe conference4884NNconference report4885NNreport says4886VVZsay what4887WPwhat happens4888VVZhappen with4889INwith mixed4890JJmixed questions4891NNSquestion ,4892,, you4893PPyou review4894VVPreview to4895TOto the4896DTthe extent4897NNextent there4898EXthere are4899VBPbe legal4900JJlegal elements4901NNSelement .4902SENT. We4903PPwe think4904VVPthink that4905IN/thatthat sweeps4906NNSsweep in4907INin our4908PP$our rule4909NNrule .4910SENT. 24911LS2 But4912CCbut ,4913,, again4914RBagain ,4915,, I4916PPI think4917VVPthink when4918WRBwhen the4919DTthe language4920NNlanguage actually4921RBactually appeared4922VVDappear ,4923,, there4924EXthere was4925VBDbe an4926DTan objection4927NNobjection and4928CCand it4929PPit was4930VBDbe withdrawn4931VVNwithdraw .4932SENT. That4933DTthat 's4934VBZbe a4935DTa little4936JJlittle bit4937NNbit more4938RBRmore probative4939JJprobative than4940INthan what4941WPwhat the4942DTthe conference4943NNconference report4944NNreport says4945VVZsay on4946INon the4947DTthe ...4948:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]4949LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Can4950MDcan you4951PPyou succinctly4952RBsuccinctly tell4953VVtell me4954PPme what4955WPwhat the4956DTthe questions4957NNSquestion of4958INof law4959NNlaw are4960VBPbe in4961INin your4962PP$your two4963CDtwo cases4964NNScase ?4965SENT? [MR. HUGHES]4966LOC[MR. HUGHES] Yes4967NPYes ,4968,, Your4969PP$your Honor4970NPHonor .4971SENT. First4972RBfirst ,4973,, with4974INwith Mr4975NPMr .4976SENT. Guerrero-Lasprilla4977NPGuerrero-Lasprilla ,4978,, the4979DTthe question4980NNquestion is4981VBZbe does4982VVZdo Lugo-Resendez4983NPLugo-Resendez qualify4984VVqualify as4985INas an4986DTan extraordinary4987JJextraordinary circumstance4988NNcircumstance that4989WDTthat would4990MDwould then4991RBthen have4992VHhave the4993DTthe effect4994NNeffect of4995INof affecting4996VVGaffect his4997PP$his ...4998:... his4999PP$his period5000NNperiod of5001INof reasonable5002JJreasonable diligence5003NNdiligence .5004SENT. For5005INfor Mr5006NPMr ...5007:... .5008SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5009LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I5010PPI ...5011:... I5012PPI phrased5013VVDphrase it5014PPit differently5015RBdifferently in5016INin my5017PP$my own5018JJown head5019NNhead ,5020,, whether5021INwhether the5022DTthe existence5023NNexistence of5024INof adverse5025JJadverse circuit5026NNcircuit precedent5027NNprecedent serves5028VVZserve as5029INas an5030DTan obstacle5031NNobstacle to5032TOto filing5033VVGfile a5034DTa timely5035JJtimely motion5036NNmotion to5037TOto reopen5038VVreopen .5039SENT. [MR. HUGHES]5040LOC[MR. HUGHES] That's5041NPThat's ...5042:... I5043PPI think5044VVPthink that5045WDTthat 's5046VBZbe just5047RBjust a5048DTa broader5049JJRbroad way5050NNway of5051INof saying5052VVGsay the5053DTthe same5054JJsame question5055NNquestion ,5056,, yes5057UHyes ,5058,, Your5059PP$your Honor5060NPHonor .5061SENT. I5062PPI think5063VVPthink that5064IN/thatthat that5065DTthat is5066VBZbe a5067DTa ...5068:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5069LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] All5070DTall right5071NNright .5072SENT. [MR. HUGHES]5073LOC[MR. HUGHES] That5074WDTthat is5075VBZbe yes5076UHyes .5077SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5078LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] And5079CCand Mr5080NPMr .5081SENT. Ovalles5082NPOvalles ?5083SENT? [MR. HUGHES]5084LOC[MR. HUGHES] There5085RBthere ,5086,, I5087PPI think5088VVPthink one5089PPone ...5090:... there5091EXthere are5092VBPbe a5093DTa few5094JJfew questions5095NNSquestion .5096SENT. The5097DTthe principal5098JJprincipal one5099CDone is5100VBZbe ,5101,, is5102VBZbe an5103DTan asserted5104VVNassert period5105NNperiod of5106INof delay5107NNdelay alone5108RBalone a5109DTa basis5110NNbasis in5111INin order5112NNorder to5113TOto find5114VVfind that5115IN/thatthat an5116DTan individual5117NNindividual was5118VBDbe not5119RBnot reasonably5120RBreasonably diligent5121JJdiligent ?5122SENT? Is5123VBZbe that5124DTthat creation5125NNcreation of5126INof a5127DTa per5128FWper se5129FWse rule5130NNrule ?5131SENT? The5132DTthe Sixth5133NPSixth Circuit5134NPCircuit in5135INin the5136DTthe Gordillo5137NPGordillo case5138NNcase ,5139,, pointing5140VVGpoint to5141TOto earlier5142JJRearly Seventh5143NPSeventh Circuit5144NPCircuit precedent5145NNprecedent in5146INin the5147DTthe Pervaiz5148NPPervaiz case5149NNcase ,5150,, said5151VVDsay expressly5152RBexpressly that5153IN/thatthat looking5154VVGlook just5155RBjust to5156TOto the5157DTthe passage5158NNpassage of5159INof time5160NNtime without5161INwithout considering5162VVGconsider other5163JJother factors5164NNSfactor that5165WDTthat suggest5166VVPsuggest a5167DTa person5168NNperson 's5169POS's diligence5170NNdiligence in5171INin the5172DTthe circumstances5173NNScircumstance is5174VBZbe not5175RBnot an5176DTan appropriate5177JJappropriate way5178NNway to5179TOto undertake5180VVundertake the5181DTthe diligence5182NNdiligence inquiry5183NNinquiry .5184SENT. So5185RBso I5186PPI think5187VVPthink that5188IN/thatthat that5189DTthat ...5190:... that5191IN/thatthat case5192NNcase is5193VBZbe ...5194:... is5195VBZbe focused5196VVNfocus on5197INon whether5198INwhether or5199CCor not5200RBnot the5201DTthe Board5202NPBoard 's5203POS's application5204NNapplication of5205INof an5206DTan eight-month5207NNeight-month per5208FWper se5209FWse rule5210NNrule violated5211VVDviolate the5212DTthe underlying5213VVGunderlie principles5214NNSprinciple of5215INof reasonable5216JJreasonable diligence5217NNdiligence .5218SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]5219LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Mr5220NPMr .5221SENT. Hughes5222NPHughes ,5223,, you5224PPyou have5225VHPhave n't5226RBn't spoken5227VVNspeak much5228RBmuch about5229INabout the5230DTthe presumption5231NNpresumption of5232INof reviewability5233NNreviewability .5234SENT. I5235PPI just5236RBjust have5237VHPhave a5238DTa question5239NNquestion about5240INabout the5241DTthe nature5242NNnature of5243INof that5244DTthat presumption5245NNpresumption ,5246,, and5247CCand I5248PPI ...5249:... I5250PPI guess5251VVPguess I5252PPI would5253MDwould like5254VVlike Mr5255NPMr .5256SENT. Liu5257NPLiu to5258TOto answer5259VVanswer the5260DTthe same5261JJsame question5262NNquestion .5263SENT. Do5264VVPdo you5265PPyou think5266VVPthink that5267IN/thatthat that5268DTthat presumption5269NNpresumption is5270VBZbe a5271DTa presumption5272NNpresumption about5273INabout congressional5274JJcongressional intent5275NNintent ,5276,, or5277CCor do5278VVPdo you5279PPyou think5280VVPthink that5281IN/thatthat that5282DTthat presumption5283NNpresumption is5284VBZbe a5285DTa presumption5286NNpresumption that5287WDTthat 's5288VBZbe meant5289VVNmean to5290TOto reflect5291VVreflect other5292JJother values5293NNSvalue ?5294SENT? [MR. HUGHES]5295LOC[MR. HUGHES] I5296PPI think5297VVPthink it5298PPit 's5299VBZbe ...5300:... it5301PPit 's5302VBZbe both5303DTboth ,5304,, Your5305PP$your Honor5306NPHonor .5307SENT. I5308PPI think5309VVPthink it5310PPit 's5311VBZbe a5312DTa presumption5313NNpresumption of5314INof congressional5315JJcongressional intent5316NNintent ,5317,, but5318CCbut I5319PPI think5320VVPthink it5321PPit 's5322VBZbe also5323RBalso a5324DTa presumption5325NNpresumption that5326WDTthat 's5327VBZbe meant5328VVNmean to5329TOto reflect5330VVreflect the5331DTthe appropriate5332JJappropriate balance5333NNbalance between5334INbetween judicial5335JJjudicial power5336NNpower and5337CCand the5338DTthe administrative5339JJadministrative power5340NNpower because5341INbecause ,5342,, of5343INof course5344NNcourse ,5345,, here5346RBhere ,5347,, if5348INif the5349DTthe Court5350NPCourt finds5351VVZfind that5352IN/thatthat questions5353NNSquestion are5354VBPbe ...5355:... are5356VBPbe factual5357JJfactual ...5358:... lean5359JJlean factual5360JJfactual and5361CCand therefore5362RBtherefore assign5363VVassign legal5364JJlegal work5365NNwork to5366TOto the5367DTthe administrative5368JJadministrative agency5369NNagency ,5370,, the5371DTthe effect5372NNeffect that5373IN/thatthat that5374WDTthat has5375VHZhave is5376VBZbe ceding5377VVGcede authority5378NNauthority from5379INfrom the5380DTthe Article5381NPArticle III5382NPIII courts5383NNScourt to5384TOto the5385DTthe administrative5386JJadministrative courts5387NNScourt to5388TOto have5389VHhave more5390JJRmore authority5391NNauthority to5392TOto be5393VBbe able5394JJable to5395TOto decide5396VVdecide whatever5397WDTwhatever tail5398JJtail legal5399JJlegal aspect5400NNaspect there5401EXthere is5402VBZbe there5403RBthere .5404SENT. So5405RBso I5406PPI think5407VVPthink the5408DTthe presumption5409NNpresumption of5410INof reviewability5411NNreviewability goes5412VVZgo to5413TOto not5414RBnot just5415RBjust a5416DTa congressional5417JJcongressional presumption5418NNpresumption but5419CCbut also5420RBalso a5421DTa separation5422NNseparation of5423INof powers5424NNSpower principle5425NNprinciple .5426SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5427LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank5428VVthank you5429PPyou ,5430,, counsel5431NNcounsel .5432SENT. Mr5433NPMr .5434SENT. Liu5435NPLiu .5436SENT.

[MR. LIU]5437LOC[MR. LIU] Thank5438VVthank you5439PPyou ,5440,, Mr5441NPMr .5442SENT. Chief5443NPChief Justice5444NPJustice ,5445,, and5446CCand may5447MDmay it5448PPit please5449VVplease the5450DTthe Court5451NPCourt :5452:: When5453WRBwhen Congress5454NPCongress used5455VVDuse the5456DTthe words5457NNSword "5458''" questions5459NNSquestion of5460INof law5461NNlaw "5462''" in5463INin Section5464NPSection 12525465CD@card@ (5466(( a5467DTa )5468)) (5469(( 25470LS2 )5471)) (5472(( D5473NPD )5474)) ,5475,, it5476PPit meant5477VVDmean questions5478NNSquestion of5479INof law5480NNlaw only5481RBonly ,5482,, not5483RBnot questions5484NNSquestion of5485INof fact5486NNfact and5487CCand not5488RBnot mixed5489JJmixed questions5490NNSquestion of5491INof law5492NNlaw and5493CCand fact5494NNfact .5495SENT. We5496PPwe know5497VVPknow that5498IN/thatthat from5499INfrom the5500DTthe text5501NNtext of5502INof the5503DTthe provision5504NNprovision itself5505PPitself ,5506,, which5507WDTwhich does5508VVZdo n't5509RBn't mention5510VVmention questions5511NNSquestion of5512INof fact5513NNfact or5514CCor mixed5515JJmixed questions5516NNSquestion .5517SENT. But5518CCbut we5519PPwe also5520RBalso know5521VVPknow it5522PPit from5523INfrom the5524DTthe context5525NNcontext in5526INin which5527WDTwhich Congress5528NPCongress enacted5529VVDenact the5530DTthe provision5531NNprovision .5532SENT. In5533INin St5534NPSt .5535SENT. Cyr5536NPCyr ,5537,, this5538DTthis Court5539NPCourt held5540VVDhold that5541IN/thatthat denying5542VVGdeny criminal5543JJcriminal aliens5544NNSalien a5545DTa judicial5546JJjudicial forum5547NNforum for5548INfor pure5549JJpure questions5550NNSquestion of5551INof law5552NNlaw would5553MDwould raise5554VVraise constitutional5555JJconstitutional doubts5556NNSdoubt .5557SENT. When5558WRBwhen Congress5559NPCongress enacted5560VVDenact this5561DTthis provision5562NNprovision following5563VVGfollow St5564NPSt .5565SENT. Cyr5566NPCyr ,5567,, it5568PPit wanted5569VVDwant to5570TOto provide5571VVprovide criminal5572JJcriminal aliens5573NNSalien enough5574RBenough judicial5575JJjudicial review5576NNreview to5577TOto avoid5578VVavoid those5579DTthose doubts5580NNSdoubt but5581CCbut no5582RBno more5583RBRmore .5584SENT. Questions5585NNSquestion of5586INof law5587NNlaw thus5588RBthus refers5589VVZrefer to5590TOto the5591DTthe same5592JJsame questions5593NNSquestion identified5594VVNidentify in5595INin this5596DTthis Court5597NPCourt 's5598POS's decision5599NNdecision in5600INin St5601NPSt .5602SENT. Cyr5603NPCyr ,5604,, pure5605JJpure questions5606NNSquestion of5607INof law5608NNlaw .5609SENT. Now5610RBnow Petitioners5611NNSpetitioner would5612MDwould read5613VVread "5614``" questions5615NNSquestion of5616INof law5617NNlaw "5618''" to5619TOto extend5620VVextend far5621RBfar beyond5622INbeyond purely5623RBpurely legal5624JJlegal questions5625NNSquestion to5626TOto encompass5627VVencompass every5628DTevery mixed5629JJmixed question5630NNquestion of5631INof law5632NNlaw and5633CCand fact5634NNfact .5635SENT. But5636CCbut mixed5637JJmixed questions5638NNSquestion are5639VBPbe n't5640RBn't mentioned5641VVNmention in5642INin the5643DTthe text5644NNtext of5645INof Section5646NPSection 12525647CD@card@ (5648(( a5649DTa )5650)) (5651(( 25652LS2 )5653)) (5654(( D5655NPD )5656)) ,5657,, they5658PPthey 're5659VBPbe not5660RBnot mentioned5661VVNmention anywhere5662RBanywhere in5663INin St5664NPSt .5665SENT. Cyr5666NPCyr either5667RBeither ,5668,, and5669CCand construing5670VVGconstrue questions5671NNSquestion of5672INof law5673NNlaw to5674TOto encompass5675VVencompass every5676DTevery mixed5677JJmixed question5678NNquestion would5679MDwould all5680RBall but5681CCbut undo5682VVundo Congress5683NPCongress 's5684POS's efforts5685NNSeffort to5686TOto limit5687VVlimit the5688DTthe scope5689NNscope of5690INof judicial5691JJjudicial review5692NNreview in5693INin cases5694NNScase involving5695VVGinvolve criminal5696JJcriminal aliens5697NNSalien .5698SENT. Remember5699VVremember it5700PPit 's5701VHZhave been5702VBNbe Congress5703NPCongress 's5704POS's goal5705NNgoal since5706INsince 19965707CD@card@ to5708TOto streamline5709VVstreamline and5710CCand expedite5711VVexpedite the5712DTthe removal5713NNremoval of5714INof criminal5715JJcriminal aliens5716NNSalien .5717SENT. And5718CCand yet5719RByet ,5720,, under5721INunder Petitioners5722NNSpetitioner '5723POS' reading5724NNreading ,5725,, criminal5726JJcriminal and5727CCand non-criminal5728JJnon-criminal aliens5729NNSalien alike5730RBalike would5731MDwould get5732VVget judicial5733JJjudicial review5734NNreview of5735INof all5736DTall constitutional5737JJconstitutional claims5738NNSclaim ,5739,, of5740INof all5741DTall questions5742NNSquestion of5743INof law5744NNlaw ,5745,, and5746CCand of5747INof all5748DTall mixed5749JJmixed questions5750NNSquestion .5751SENT. 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Now5831RBnow that5832DTthat 's5833VBZbe a5834DTa pretty5835RBpretty subtle5836JJsubtle difference5837NNdifference ,5838,, given5839VVNgive that5840IN/thatthat courts5841NNScourt do5842VVPdo n't5843RBn't often5844RBoften overturn5845VVoverturn factual5846JJfactual findings5847NNSfinding for5848INfor lack5849NNlack of5850INof substantial5851JJsubstantial evidence5852NNevidence ,5853,, and5854CCand if5855INif that5856WDTthat 's5857VBZbe the5858DTthe narrow5859JJnarrow difference5860NNdifference that5861IN/thatthat Congress5862NPCongress really5863RBreally sought5864VVDseek to5865TOto achieve5866VVachieve ,5867,, one5868PPone would5869MDwould have5870VHhave thought5871VVNthink they5872PPthey would5873MDwould have5874VHhave written5875VVNwrite these5876DTthese ...5877:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5878LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But5879CCbut the5880DTthe ...5881:... [MR. LIU]5882LOC[MR. LIU] ...5883:... provisions5884NNSprovision differently5885RBdifferently .5886SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5887LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...5888:... the5889DTthe original5890JJoriginal version5891NNversion of5892INof the5893DTthe statute5894NNstatute had5895VHDhave "5896``" pure5897JJpure questions5898NNSquestion of5899INof law5900NNlaw .5901SENT. "5902''" And5903CCand to5904TOto pick5905VVpick up5906RPup on5907INon your5908PP$your point5909NNpoint on5910INon the5911DTthe statutory5912JJstatutory history5913NNhistory ,5914,, then5915RBthen that5916DTthat 's5917VBZbe deleted5918VVNdelete ,5919,, and5920CCand Deputy5921NPDeputy Assistant5922NPAssistant Attorney5923NPAttorney General5924NPGeneral Cohn5925NPCohn testifies5926VVZtestify and5927CCand says5928VVZsay a5929DTa mixed5930JJmixed question5931NNquestion of5932INof law5933NNlaw is5934VBZbe in5935INin effect5936NNeffect a5937DTa question5938NNquestion with5939INwith two5940CDtwo parts5941NNSpart ,5942,, the5943DTthe legal5944JJlegal part5945NNpart and5946CCand the5947DTthe factual5948JJfactual part5949NNpart .5950SENT. The5951DTthe legal5952JJlegal part5953NNpart ,5954,, of5955INof course5956NNcourse ,5957,, is5958VBZbe reviewable5959JJreviewable .5960SENT. That5961DTthat 's5962VBZbe what5963WPwhat the5964DTthe Justice5965NPJustice Department5966NPDepartment said5967VVDsay in5968INin response5969NNresponse to5970TOto the5971DTthe ACLU5972NPACLU 's5973POS's objection5974NNobjection to5975TOto the5976DTthe draft5977NNdraft .5978SENT. [MR. LIU]5979LOC[MR. LIU] Right5980NPRight .5981SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5982LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Was5983VBDbe that5984RBthat correct5985JJcorrect ?5986SENT? [MR. LIU]5987LOC[MR. LIU] We5988PPwe do5989VVPdo think5990VVthink the5991DTthe legal5992JJlegal part5993NNpart is5994VBZbe reviewable5995JJreviewable ,5996,, but5997CCbut I5998PPI think5999VVPthink it6000PPit 's6001VBZbe important6002JJimportant to6003TOto understand6004VVunderstand what6005WPwhat we6006PPwe think6007VVPthink that6008IN/thatthat legal6009JJlegal part6010NNpart to6011TOto be6012VBbe .6013SENT. 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I6061PPI mean6062VVPmean ,6063,, just6064RBjust as6065INas a6066DTa matter6067NNmatter of6068INof ordinary6069JJordinary English6070NNSEnglish ,6071,, you6072PPyou know6073VVPknow ,6074,, a6075DTa question6076NNquestion is6077VBZbe a6078DTa mixed6079JJmixed question6080NNquestion because6081INbecause it6082PPit involves6083VVZinvolve both6084DTboth law6085NNlaw and6086CCand fact6087NNfact .6088SENT. If6089INif you6090PPyou leave6091VVPleave off6092RPoff the6093DTthe words6094NNSword "6095''" and6096CCand fact6097NNfact "6098''" and6099CCand refer6100VVrefer only6101RBonly to6102TOto a6103DTa question6104NNquestion of6105INof law6106NNlaw ,6107,, then6108RBthen it6109PPit 's6110VBZbe an6111DTan unmixed6112JJunmixed question6113NNquestion .6114SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6115LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Mr6116NPMr .6117SENT. Liu6118NPLiu ,6119,, I6120PPI ...6121:... I6122PPI ...6123:... I6124PPI 'd6125MDwould like6126VVlike to6127TOto poke6128VVpoke at6129INat that6130IN/thatthat just6131RBjust a6132DTa little6133JJlittle bit6134NNbit and6135CCand ...6136:... and6137CCand return6138VVreturn to6139TOto Justice6140NPJustice Alito6141NPAlito 's6142POS's question6143NNquestion at6144INat the6145DTthe beginning6146NNbeginning of6147INof argument6148NNargument .6149SENT. [MR. LIU]6150LOC[MR. LIU] Sure6151NPSure .6152SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6153LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Is6154VBZbe it6155PPit the6156DTthe government6157NNgovernment 's6158POS's position6159NNposition that6160IN/thatthat only6161JJonly pure6162JJpure questions6163NNSquestion of6164INof law6165NNlaw are6166VBPbe reviewable6167JJreviewable ,6168,, or6169CCor is6170VBZbe it6171PPit also6172RBalso the6173DTthe government6174NNgovernment 's6175POS's position6176NNposition that6177IN/thatthat there6178EXthere can6179MDcan be6180VBbe some6181DTsome applications6182NNSapplication that6183WDTthat are6184VBPbe so6185RBso egregious6186JJegregious that6187IN/thatthat they6188PPthey would6189MDwould rise6190VVrise to6191TOto the6192DTthe level6193NNlevel of6194INof being6195VBGbe questions6196NNSquestion of6197INof law6198NNlaw ?6199SENT? [MR. LIU]6200LOC[MR. LIU] It6201PPit 's6202VBZbe the6203DTthe former6204JJformer position6205NNposition .6206SENT. So6207INso our6208PP$our view6209NNview is6210VBZbe that6211IN/thatthat only6212JJonly pure6213JJpure questions6214NNSquestion .6215SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6216LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Okay6217NPOkay .6218SENT. If6219INif that6220DTthat 's6221VBZbe the6222DTthe case6223NNcase ,6224,, is6225VBZbe there6226RBthere any6227DTany judicial6228JJjudicial review6229NNreview here6230RBhere meaningfully6231RBmeaningfully at6232INat all6233DTall ?6234SENT? Because6235INbecause all6236PDTall the6237DTthe BIA6238NPBia has6239VHZhave to6240TOto do6241VVdo is6242VBZbe recite6243VVrecite the6244DTthe legal6245JJlegal standard6246NNstandard and6247CCand we6248PPwe become6249VVPbecome a6250DTa rubber6251NNrubber stamp6252NNstamp ...6253:... [MR. LIU]6254LOC[MR. LIU] Right6255NPRight .6256SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6257LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] ...6258:... and6259CCand say6260VVsay ,6261,, yes6262UHyes ,6263,, they6264PPthey have6265VHPhave recited6266VVNrecite the6267DTthe correct6268JJcorrect legal6269JJlegal standard6270NNstandard .6271SENT. And6272CCand no6273DTno matter6274NNmatter how6275WRBhow unreasonable6276JJunreasonable ,6277,, no6278DTno matter6279NNmatter how6280WRBhow crazy6281JJcrazy the6282DTthe application6283NNapplication is6284VBZbe ,6285,, we6286PPwe have6287VHPhave to6288TOto provide6289VVprovide a6290DTa judicial6291JJjudicial imprimatur6292NNimprimatur to6293TOto that6294DTthat decision6295NNdecision .6296SENT. Does6297VVZdo that6298DTthat ...6299:... does6300VVZdo that6301RBthat cause6302VVcause any6303DTany concerns6304NNSconcern for6305INfor you6306PPyou ,6307,, for6308INfor the6309DTthe government6310NNgovernment ,6311,, and6312CCand what6313WPwhat about6314INabout the6315DTthe clear6316JJclear statement6317NNstatement rule6318NNrule and6319CCand the6320DTthe idea6321NNidea of6322INof the6323DTthe presumption6324NNpresumption of6325INof reviewability6326NNreviewability here6327RBhere and6328CCand the6329DTthe separation6330NNseparation of6331INof powers6332NNSpower concerns6333VVZconcern that6334IN/thatthat Justice6335NPJustice Kagan6336NPKagan pointed6337VVDpoint out6338RPout that6339DTthat undergird6340VVundergird it6341PPit ?6342SENT? [MR. LIU]6343LOC[MR. LIU] I6344PPI guess6345VVPguess I6346PPI would6347MDwould just6348RBjust make6349VVmake maybe6350RBmaybe three6351CDthree points6352NNSpoint .6353SENT. 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In6454INin those6455DTthose cases6456NNScase ,6457,, when6458WRBwhen the6459DTthe Board6460NPBoard does6461VVZdo state6462NNstate the6463DTthe applicable6464JJapplicable legal6465JJlegal standard6466NNstandard ,6467,, that6468WDTthat is6469VBZbe ,6470,, except6471INexcept in6472INin the6473DTthe very6474RBvery rare6475JJrare instance6476NNinstance that6477IN/thatthat I6478PPI think6479VVPthink Justice6480NPJustice Alito6481NPAlito alluded6482VVDallude to6483TOto ,6484,, that6485WDTthat 's6486VBZbe going6487VVGgo to6488TOto be6489VBbe the6490DTthe end6491NNend of6492INof the6493DTthe matter6494NNmatter .6495SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6496LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Well6497UHWell ,6498,, hold6499VVPhold on6500INon .6501SENT. Now6502RBnow ...6503:... now6504RBnow ...6505:... now6506RBnow you6507PPyou 're6508VBPbe backtracking6509VVGbacktrack ,6510,, I6511PPI think6512VVPthink ,6513,, a6514DTa little6515JJlittle bit6516NNbit .6517SENT. Is6518VBZbe ...6519:... is6520VBZbe it6521PPit just6522RBjust ,6523,, if6524INif they6525PPthey recite6526VVPrecite the6527DTthe legal6528JJlegal standard6529NNstandard ,6530,, the6531DTthe pure6532JJpure question6533NNquestion of6534INof law6535NNlaw correctly6536RBcorrectly ,6537,, we6538PPwe 're6539VBPbe done6540VVNdo ,6541,, or6542CCor is6543VBZbe there6544RBthere some6545DTsome further6546JJRfurther review6547NNreview by6548INby the6549DTthe ...6550:... by6551INby the6552DTthe court6553NNcourt available6554JJavailable for6555INfor completely6556RBcompletely crazy6557JJcrazy applications6558NNSapplication ?6559SENT? And6560CCand I6561PPI ...6562:... I6563PPI ...6564:... I6565PPI think6566VVPthink I6567PPI 've6568VHPhave heard6569VVNhear you6570PPyou go6571VVPgo both6572DTboth ways6573NNSway on6574INon that6575IN/thatthat and6576CCand I6577PPI 'm6578VBPbe just6579RBjust trying6580VVGtry to6581TOto ...6582:... [MR. LIU]6583LOC[MR. LIU] No6584NPNo ,6585,, I6586PPI ...6587:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6588LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] ...6589:... nail6590VVnail you6591PPyou down6592RPdown on6593INon that6594DTthat .6595SENT. [MR. LIU]6596LOC[MR. LIU] ...6597:... I6598PPI want6599VVPwant to6600TOto give6601VVgive you6602PPyou ...6603:... maybe6604RBmaybe I6605PPI can6606MDcan illustrate6607VVillustrate this6608DTthis with6609INwith an6610DTan example6611NNexample .6612SENT. I6613PPI mean6614VVPmean ,6615,, if6616INif ...6617:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]6618LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] No6619UHNo ,6620,, no6621UHno .6622SENT. Just6623RBjust before6624RBbefore ...6625:... before6626INbefore we6627PPwe get6628VVPget in6629INin ...6630:... into6631INinto examples6632NNSexample ,6633,, if6634INif you6635PPyou could6636MDcould just6637RBjust firmly6638RBfirmly answer6639VVanswer the6640DTthe question6641NNquestion .6642SENT. [MR. LIU]6643LOC[MR. 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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7049LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] So7050RBso when7051WRBwhen ...7052:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]7053LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...7054:... that7055IN/thatthat different7056JJdifferent from7057INfrom the7058DTthe case7059NNcase here7060RBhere ,7061,, where7062WRBwhere at7063INat least7064JJSleast one7065CDone of7066INof the7067DTthe plaintiffs7068NNSplaintiff says7069VVZsay binding7070JJbinding circuit7071NNcircuit precedent7072NNprecedent made7073VVDmake it7074PPit unreasonable7075JJunreasonable for7076INfor me7077PPme to7078TOto file7079VVfile a7080DTa motion7081NNmotion to7082TOto reopen7083VVreopen and7084CCand the7085DTthe Fifth7086NPFifth Circuit7087NPCircuit said7088VVDsay ,7089,, no7090UHno ,7091,, you7092PPyou could7093MDcould have7094VHhave filed7095VVNfile it7096PPit earlier7097RBRearlier .7098SENT. That7099DTthat seems7100VVZseem to7101TOto me7102PPme to7103TOto be7104VBbe a7105DTa pure7106JJpure legal7107JJlegal question7108NNquestion ...7109:... [MR. LIU]7110LOC[MR. 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[JUSTICE BREYER]7161LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Then7162RBthen ...7163:... then7164RBthen ,7165,, look7166VVlook ,7167,, what7168WPwhat I7169PPI think7170VVPthink everyone7171NNeveryone is7172VBZbe trying7173VVGtry to7174TOto ask7175VVask you7176PPyou ,7177,, is7178VBZbe Hurricane7179NPHurricane Katrina7180NPKatrina blows7181VVZblow the7182DTthe courthouse7183NNcourthouse away7184RBaway ,7185,, okay7186RBokay ,7187,, the7188DTthe standard7189NNstandard is7190VBZbe you7191PPyou have7192VHPhave to7193TOto file7194VVfile within7195INwithin 157196CD@card@ days7197NNSday .7198SENT. But7199CCbut there7200EXthere is7201VBZbe no7202DTno courthouse7203NNcourthouse .7204SENT. It7205PPit 's7206VBZbe blown7207VVNblow to7208TOto Florida7209NPFlorida .7210SENT. And7211CCand so7212RBso ,7213,, question7214NNquestion ,7215,, was7216VBDbe that7217IN/thatthat ,7218,, the7219DTthe standard7220NNstandard says7221VVZsay ,7222,, an7223DTan unusual7224JJunusual circumstance7225NNcircumstance ?7226SENT? 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And7297CCand I7298PPI ...7299:... [JUSTICE BREYER]7300LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] No7301DTno review7302NNreview ,7303,, but7304RBbut ,7305,, my7306PP$my goodness7307NNgoodness ,7308,, if7309INif we7310PPwe look7311VVPlook at7312INat the7313DTthe cases7314NNScase ,7315,, I7316PPI mean7317VVPmean ,7318,, then7319RBthen you7320PPyou 've7321VHPhave taken7322VVNtake from7323INfrom the7324DTthe attorneys7325NNSattorney for7326INfor the7327DTthe person7328NNperson who7329WPwho 's7330VBZbe trying7331VVGtry to7332TOto get7333VVget review7334VVreview any7335DTany kind7336NNkind of7337INof check7338NNcheck through7339INthrough appeal7340NNappeal on7341INon the7342DTthe action7343NNaction of7344INof a7345DTa district7346NNdistrict judge7347NNjudge .7348SENT. Now7349RBnow that7350DTthat 's7351VBZbe a7352DTa ...7353:... 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So7417RBso ,7418,, I7419PPI mean7420VVPmean ,7421,, if7422INif that7423WDTthat 's7424VBZbe actually7425RBactually your7426PP$your position7427NNposition ,7428,, it7429PPit 's7430VBZbe unbounded7431JJunbounded ,7432,, and7433CCand ...7434:... and7435CCand I7436PPI ...7437:... I7438PPI ...7439:... I7440PPI do7441VVPdo n't7442RBn't get7443VVget that7444DTthat .7445SENT. [MR. LIU]7446LOC[MR. LIU] I7447PPI think7448VVPthink to7449TOto determine7450VVdetermine what7451WPwhat is7452VBZbe reviewable7453JJreviewable and7454CCand what7455WPwhat is7456VBZbe not7457RBnot under7458INunder our7459PP$our position7460NNposition ,7461,, you7462PPyou look7463VVPlook at7464INat the7465DTthe type7466NNtype of7467INof analysis7468NNanalysis that7469WDTthat 's7470VBZbe required7471VVNrequire to7472TOto evaluate7473VVevaluate that7474DTthat claim7475NNclaim .7476SENT. 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[JUSTICE BREYER]7598LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] What7599WPWhat would7600MDwould you7601PPyou like7602VVlike to7603TOto know7604VVknow ?7605SENT? I7606PPI 'll7607MDwill tell7608VVtell you7609PPyou the7610DTthe courthouse7611NNcourthouse is7612VBZbe in7613INin Florida7614NPFlorida .7615SENT. [7616SYM[ LAUGHTER7617NNlaughter ]7618SYM] [MR. LIU]7619LOC[MR. LIU] Well7620UHwell ,7621,, but7622CCbut this7623DTthis is7624VBZbe ...7625:... [JUSTICE BREYER]7626LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] And7627CCand the7628DTthe litigant7629NNlitigant ,7630,, by7631INby the7632DTthe way7633NNway ,7634,, has7635VHZhave never7636RBnever been7637VBNbe able7638JJable to7639TOto walk7640VVwalk more7641JJRmore than7642INthan one7643CDone mile7644NNmile and7645CCand his7646PP$his car7647NNcar has7648VHZhave been7649VBNbe blown7650VVNblow up7651RPup .7652SENT. [MR. LIU]7653LOC[MR. LIU] Right7654RBright .7655SENT. But7656CCbut this7657DTthis is7658VBZbe exactly7659RBexactly my7660PP$my point7661NNpoint .7662SENT. 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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7702LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] I7703PPI thought7704VVDthink that7705IN/thatthat your7706PP$your ...7707:... your7708PP$your answer7709NNanswer was7710VBDbe that7711IN/thatthat at7712INat some7713DTsome point7714NNpoint the7715DTthe factual7716JJfactual mistake7717NNmistake becomes7718VVZbecome so7719RBso egregious7720JJegregious that7721IN/thatthat it7722PPit reflects7723VVZreflect a7724DTa misunderstanding7725NNmisunderstanding of7726INof what7727WPwhat exceptional7728JJexceptional means7729NNSmean ,7730,, rather7731RBrather than7732INthan a7733DTa misapplication7734NNmisapplication of7735INof fact7736NNfact ,7737,, which7738WDTwhich ,7739,, correct7740VVcorrect me7741PPme if7742INif I7743PPI 'm7744VBPbe wrong7745JJwrong ,7746,, because7747INbecause that7748WDTthat does7749VVZdo lead7750NNlead into7751INinto Justice7752NPJustice Gorsuch7753NPGorsuch 's7754POS's concern7755NNconcern that7756IN/thatthat ,7757,, you7758PPyou know7759VVPknow ,7760,, you7761PPyou 've7762VHPhave kind7763NNkind of7764INof given7765VVNgive up7766RPup the7767DTthe game7768NNgame because7769INbecause then7770RBthen it7771PPit 's7772VBZbe just7773RBjust a7774DTa question7775NNquestion of7776INof how7777WRBhow exceptional7778JJexceptional is7779VBZbe the7780DTthe fact7781NNfact .7782SENT. 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Justice8205NPJustice Breyer8206NPBreyer ,8207,, we8208PPwe just8209RBjust do8210VVPdo n't8211RBn't think8212VVthink that8213WDTthat 's8214VBZbe consistent8215JJconsistent with8216INwith the8217DTthe text8218NNtext ,8219,, the8220DTthe history8221NNhistory of8222INof ...8223:... [JUSTICE BREYER]8224LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] The8225DTthe text8226NNtext says8227VVZsay questions8228NNSquestion of8229INof law8230NNlaw .8231SENT. And8232CCand I8233PPI can8234MDcan find8235VVfind statutes8236NNSstatute that8237WDTthat use8238VVPuse those8239DTthose words8240NNSword ,8241,, and8242CCand they8243PPthey clearly8244RBclearly mean8245VVPmean both8246DTboth ,8247,, as8248INas they8249PPthey say8250VVPsay .8251SENT. [MR. LIU]8252LOC[MR. LIU] I8253PPI ...8254:... I8255PPI ...8256:... I8257PPI ...8258:... I8259PPI think8260VVPthink ...8261:... I8262PPI think8263VVPthink that8264IN/thatthat the8265DTthe best8266JJSgood reference8267NNreference point8268NNpoint for8269INfor what8270WPwhat questions8271NNSquestion of8272INof law8273NNlaw means8274NNSmean is8275VBZbe 12548276CD@card@ (8277(( 28278CD2 )8279)) ,8280,, which8281WDTwhich ...8282:... which8283WDTwhich this8284DTthis Court8285NNcourt itself8286PPitself has8287VHZhave applied8288VVNapply in8289INin a8290DTa pretty8291JJpretty principled8292JJprincipled way8293NNway to8294TOto distinguish8295VVdistinguish pure8296JJpure questions8297NNSquestion of8298INof law8299NNlaw from8300INfrom mixed8301JJmixed questions8302NNSquestion .8303SENT. I8304PPI mean8305VVPmean ,8306,, identifying8307VVGidentify pure8308JJpure questions8309NNSquestion of8310INof law8311NNlaw is8312VBZbe something8313NNsomething appellate8314JJappellate courts8315NNScourt are8316VBPbe quite8317RBquite used8318VVNuse to8319TOto doing8320VVGdo .8321SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]8322LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Now8323RBnow the8324DTthe phrase8325NNphrase "8326''" questions8327NNSquestion of8328INof law8329NNlaw "8330``" is8331VBZbe like8332INlike the8333DTthe term8334NNterm "8335``" jurisdiction8336NNjurisdiction .8337SENT. "8338``" It8339PPit 's8340VBZbe used8341VVNuse ...8342:... it8343PPit means8344VVZmean lots8345NNSlot of8346INof different8347JJdifferent things8348NNSthing .8349SENT. It8350PPit 's8351VBZbe used8352VVNuse sometimes8353RBsometimes rather8354RBrather sloppily8355RBsloppily ,8356,, and8357CCand it8358PPit 's8359VBZbe asked8360VVNask for8361INfor different8362JJdifferent purposes8363NNSpurpose .8364SENT. So8365INso I8366PPI ...8367:... I8368PPI do8369VVPdo n't8370RBn't get8371VVget anything8372NNanything out8373RPout of8374INof the8375DTthe arguments8376NNSargument on8377INon either8378DTeither side8379NNside about8380INabout what8381WPwhat is8382VBZbe meant8383VVNmean by8384INby "8385``" questions8386NNSquestion of8387INof law8388NNlaw "8389''" in8390INin general8391NNgeneral .8392SENT. The8393DTthe question8394NNquestion is8395VBZbe what8396WPwhat Congress8397NPCongress meant8398VVDmean here8399RBhere .8400SENT. [MR. LIU]8401LOC[MR. LIU] I8402PPI think8403VVPthink ...8404:... [JUSTICE ALITO]8405LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Anyway8406RBanyway ,8407,, that8408WDTthat 's8409VBZbe just8410RBjust 48411CD4 a8412DTa ...8413:... [MR. LIU]8414LOC[MR. LIU] ...8415:... I8416PPI ...8417:... I8418PPI think8419VVPthink it8420PPit 's8421VBZbe fair8422JJfair to8423TOto look8424VVlook at8425INat the8426DTthe context8427NNcontext in8428INin which8429WDTwhich Congress8430NPCongress looked8431VVDlook ...8432:... wrote8433VVDwrite this8434DTthis statute8435NNstatute .8436SENT. As8437INas I8438PPI said8439VVDsay at8440INat the8441DTthe outset8442NNoutset ,8443,, I8444PPI think8445VVPthink the8446DTthe context8447NNcontext here8448RBhere points8449VVZpoint in8450INin a8451DTa very8452RBvery clear8453JJclear direction8454NNdirection .8455SENT. I8456PPI mean8457VVPmean ,8458,, this8459DTthis was8460VBDbe a8461DTa Congress8462NPCongress whose8463WP$whose primary8464JJprimary policy8465NNpolicy preference8466NNpreference was8467VBDbe to8468TOto give8469VVgive criminal8470JJcriminal aliens8471NNSalien no8472DTno judicial8473JJjudicial review8474NNreview at8475INat all8476DTall .8477SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]8478LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Yeah8479NPYeah .8480SENT. And8481CCand I8482PPI think8483VVPthink you8484PPyou have8485VHPhave to8486TOto bite8487VVbite the8488DTthe bullet8489NNbullet on8490INon the8491DTthe ...8492:... the8493DTthe issue8494NNissue of8495INof the8496DTthe ...8497:... the8498DTthe hypotheticals8499NNShypotheticals about8500INabout the8501DTthe comatose8502JJcomatose alien8503NNalien or8504CCor the8505DTthe ...8506:... the8507DTthe alien8508NNalien who8509WPwho can8510MDcan 't8511RB't file8512NNfile because8513INbecause the8514DTthe courthouse8515NNcourthouse has8516VHZhave been8517VBNbe blown8518VVNblow away8519RBaway by8520INby a8521DTa hurricane8522NNhurricane .8523SENT. If8524INif ...8525:... if8526INif you8527PPyou posit8528VVPposit a8529DTa lower-level8530JJlower-level decision-maker8531NNdecision-maker who8532WPwho 's8533VBZbe either8534RBeither a8535DTa monster8536NNmonster or8537CCor an8538DTan idiot8539NNidiot ,8540,, then8541RBthen ,8542,, of8543INof course8544NNcourse ,8545,, you8546PPyou 're8547VBPbe always8548RBalways going8549VVGgo to8550TOto think8551VVthink that8552IN/thatthat there8553EXthere 's8554VBZbe a8555DTa case8556NNcase for8557INfor judicial8558JJjudicial review8559NNreview .8560SENT. Whenever8561WRBWhenever judicial8562JJjudicial review8563NNreview is8564VBZbe cut8565VVNcut off8566RPoff ,8567,, you8568PPyou open8569VVPopen up8570RPup the8571DTthe possibility8572NNpossibility that8573IN/thatthat there8574EXthere 's8575VBZbe going8576VVGgo to8577TOto be8578VBbe a8579DTa decision8580NNdecision that8581WDTthat would8582MDwould otherwise8583RBotherwise be8584VBbe reviewed8585VVNreview that8586WDTthat seems8587VVZseem really8588RBreally ,8589,, really8590RBreally wrong8591JJwrong .8592SENT. So8593RBso you8594PPyou have8595VHPhave to8596TOto ...8597:... you8598PPyou have8599VHPhave to8600TOto make8601VVmake the8602DTthe argument8603NNargument that8604IN/thatthat this8605DTthis is8606VBZbe what8607WPwhat Congress8608NPCongress wanted8609VVDwant .8610SENT. And8611CCand why8612WRBwhy would8613MDwould they8614PPthey have8615VHPhave wanted8616VVNwant that8617IN/thatthat in8618INin this8619DTthis situation8620NNsituation ?8621SENT? [MR. LIU]8622LOC[MR. LIU] And8623CCand I8624PPI think8625VVPthink they8626PPthey would8627MDwould have8628VHhave wanted8629VVNwant that8630IN/thatthat because8631INbecause their8632PP$their goal8633NNgoal all8634RBall along8635RBalong ,8636,, since8637INsince 19968638CD@card@ ,8639,, is8640VBZbe to8641TOto ...8642:... is8643VBZbe to8644TOto expedite8645VVexpedite the8646DTthe removal8647NNremoval of8648INof criminal8649JJcriminal aliens8650NNSalien .8651SENT. I8652PPI think8653VVPthink it8654PPit 's8655VBZbe exactly8656RBexactly ...8657:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8658LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] But8659CCbut why8660WRBwhy did8661VVDdo this8662DTthis ...8663:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8664LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But8665CCbut they8666PPthey expedite8667VVPexpedite it8668PPit ,8669,, though8670RBthough ,8671,, by8672RBby ...8673:... by8674INby moving8675VVGmove it8676PPit to8677TOto the8678DTthe court8679NNcourt of8680INof appeals8681NNSappeal and8682CCand taking8683VVGtake the8684DTthe district8685NNdistrict court8686NNcourt out8687RBout ,8688,, so8689RBso that8690DTthat ...8691:... that8692DTthat ...8693:... [MR. LIU]8694LOC[MR. LIU] Well8695UHwell ,8696,, I8697PPI think8698VVPthink ...8699:... I8700PPI think8701VVPthink that8702WDTthat 's8703VBZbe half8704PDThalf the8705DTthe equation8706NNequation .8707SENT. I8708PPI think8709VVPthink part8710NNpart of8711INof the8712DTthe expediting8713VVGexpedite ...8714:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8715LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] I8716PPI mean8717VVPmean ,8718,, that8719WDTthat 's8720VBZbe a8721DTa year8722NNyear or8723CCor more8724JJRmore ,8725,, you8726PPyou know8727VVPknow ,8728,, in8729INin many8730JJmany cases8731NNScase that8732WDTthat 's8733VHZhave cut8734VVNcut out8735RPout by8736INby doing8737VVGdo that8738DTthat .8739SENT. So8740RBso that8741DTthat 's8742VBZbe a8743DTa significant8744JJsignificant saving8745NNsaving of8746INof time8747NNtime .8748SENT. [MR. LIU]8749LOC[MR. LIU] But8750CCbut I8751PPI think8752VVPthink ...8753:... I8754PPI think8755VVPthink that8756WDTthat 's8757VBZbe only8758RBonly half8759NNhalf ...8760:... half8761PDThalf the8762DTthe equation8763NNequation .8764SENT. The8765DTthe other8766JJother half8767NNhalf is8768VBZbe in8769INin the8770DTthe types8771NNStype of8772INof decisions8773NNSdecision ...8774:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8775LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Right8776RBright .8777SENT. [MR. LIU]8778LOC[MR. LIU] ...8779:... that8780IN/thatthat the8781DTthe courts8782NNScourt of8783INof appeals8784NNSappeal would8785MDwould have8786VHhave to8787TOto engage8788VVengage in8789INin .8790SENT. And8791CCand under8792INunder my8793PP$my friend's8794NNSfriend's ...8795:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8796LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] On8797INon that8798DTthat ...8799:... on8800INon that8801DTthat ...8802:... on8803INon the8804DTthe context8805NNcontext point8806NNpoint that8807IN/thatthat you8808PPyou were8809VBDbe just8810RBjust referencing8811VVGreference to8812TOto ,8813,, what8814WPwhat about8815INabout 12528816CD@card@ (8817(( b8818LSb )8819)) (8820(( 98821CD9 )8822)) ?8823SENT? That8824DTthat seems8825VVZseem important8826JJimportant .8827SENT. That8828DTthat 's8829VBZbe amended8830VVNamend in8831INin the8832DTthe REAL8833JJreal ID8834NNid Act8835NNact ,8836,, and8837CCand that8838WDTthat refers8839VVZrefer to8840TOto a8841DTa universe8842NNuniverse where8843WRBwhere you8844PPyou just8845RBjust have8846VHPhave questions8847NNSquestion of8848INof law8849NNlaw and8850CCand questions8851NNSquestion of8852INof fact8853NNfact in8854INin this8855DTthis statute8856NNstatute .8857SENT. And8858CCand if8859INif you8860PPyou look8861VVPlook at8862INat that8863DTthat ,8864,, it8865PPit does8866VVZdo n't8867RBn't refer8868VVrefer to8869TOto mixed8870JJmixed questions8871NNSquestion separately8872RBseparately .8873SENT. The8874DTthe only8875JJonly thing8876NNthing excluded8877VVNexclude ,8878,, arguably8879RBarguably ,8880,, the8881DTthe argument8882NNargument goes8883VVZgo ,8884,, is8885VBZbe questions8886NNSquestion of8887INof fact8888NNfact .8889SENT. [MR. LIU]8890LOC[MR. LIU] Well8891UHWell ,8892,, I8893PPI ...8894:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8895LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Everything8896NNEverything else8897RBelse is8898VBZbe a8899DTa question8900NNquestion of8901INof law8902NNlaw and8903CCand thus8904RBthus reviewable8905JJreviewable when8906WRBwhen you8907PPyou combine8908VVPcombine your8909PP$your stat8910NNstat ...8911:... this8912DTthis statute8913NNstatute with8914INwith (8915(( b8916LSb )8917)) (8918(( 98919CD9 )8920)) .8921SENT. [MR. LIU]8922LOC[MR. LIU] I8923PPI think8924VVPthink (8925(( b8926LSb )8927)) (8928(( 98929CD9 )8930)) ,8931,, which8932WDTwhich refers8933VVZrefer to8934TOto all8935DTall questions8936NNSquestion of8937INof law8938NNlaw and8939CCand fact8940NNfact ,8941,, is8942VBZbe just8943RBjust a8944DTa natural8945JJnatural way8946NNway of8947INof referring8948VVGrefer to8949TOto all8950DTall three8951CDthree categories8952NNScategory .8953SENT. I8954PPI mean8955VVPmean ,8956,, we8957PPwe ...8958:... we8959PPwe are8960VBPbe talking8961VVGtalk about8962INabout questions8963NNSquestion of8964INof law8965NNlaw ,8966,, mixed8967JJmixed questions8968NNSquestion of8969INof law8970NNlaw and8971CCand fact8972NNfact ,8973,, and8974CCand questions8975NNSquestion of8976INof fact8977NNfact .8978SENT. And8979CCand so8980RBso ,8981,, to8982TOto refer8983VVrefer to8984TOto all8985DTall three8986CDthree at8987INat once8988RBonce ,8989,, I8990PPI think8991VVPthink it8992PPit 's8993VBZbe quite8994RBquite natural8995JJnatural to8996TOto say8997VVsay all8998DTall questions8999NNSquestion of9000INof law9001NNlaw and9002CCand fact9003NNfact .9004SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9005LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Mr9006NPMr .9007SENT. Liu9008NPLiu ...9009:... [MR. LIU]9010LOC[MR. LIU] I9011PPI think9012VVPthink that9013WDTthat 's9014VBZbe ...9015:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]9016LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] I9017PPI 'm9018VBPbe sorry9019JJsorry .9020SENT. [MR. LIU]9021LOC[MR. LIU] I9022PPI was9023VBDbe just9024RBjust going9025VVGgo to9026TOto say9027VVsay I9028PPI think9029VVthink that9030WDTthat 's9031VBZbe ...9032:... that9033WDTthat 's9034VBZbe all9035PDTall the9036DTthe zipper9037NNzipper clause9038NNclause is9039VBZbe doing9040VVGdo ,9041,, and9042CCand I9043PPI think9044VVPthink the9045DTthe language9046NNlanguage there9047RBthere fits9048VVZfit naturally9049RBnaturally with9050INwith our9051PP$our argument9052NNargument .9053SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9054LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Mr9055NPMr .9056SENT. Liu9057NPLiu ,9058,, there9059EXthere is9060VBZbe no9061DTno question9062NNquestion that9063IN/thatthat we9064PPwe have9065VHPhave a9066DTa presumption9067NNpresumption in9068INin favor9069NNfavor of9070INof judicial9071JJjudicial review9072NNreview ,9073,, correct9074JJcorrect ?9075SENT? [MR. LIU]9076LOC[MR. LIU] Yes9077NPYes .9078SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9079LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Now9080RBnow you9081PPyou said9082VVDsay that9083WDTthat 's9084VBZbe a9085DTa way9086NNway of9087INof divining9088VVGdivine congressional9089JJcongressional intent9090NNintent .9091SENT. I9092PPI do9093VVPdo n't9094RBn't actually9095RBactually think9096VVPthink that9097IN/thatthat because9098INbecause I9099PPI think9100VVPthink it9101PPit 's9102VBZbe much9103RBmuch broader9104JJRbroad than9105INthan that9106DTthat .9107SENT. It9108PPit has9109VHZhave to9110TOto be9111VBbe a9112DTa presumption9113NNpresumption that9114IN/thatthat we9115PPwe will9116MDwill avoid9117VVavoid what9118WPwhat St9119NPSt .9120SENT. Cyr9121NPCyr pointed9122VVDpoint to9123TOto as9124INas a9125DTa constitutional9126JJconstitutional problem9127NNproblem or9128CCor a9129DTa statutory9130JJstatutory problem9131NNproblem because9132INbecause St9133NPSt .9134SENT. Cyr9135NPCyr was9136VBDbe saying9137VVGsay very9138RBvery clearly9139RBclearly the9140DTthe issuance9141NNissuance of9142INof the9143DTthe writ9144NNwrit was9145VBDbe not9146RBnot limited9147VVNlimit to9148TOto challenges9149NNSchallenge to9150TOto the9151DTthe jurisdiction9152NNjurisdiction of9153INof the9154DTthe custodian9155NNcustodian but9156CCbut encompassed9157VVDencompass the9158DTthe tensions9159NNStension based9160VVNbase on9161INon errors9162NNSerror of9163INof law9164NNlaw ,9165,, including9166VVGinclude the9167DTthe erroneous9168JJerroneous application9169NNapplication or9170CCor interpretation9171NNinterpretation of9172INof the9173DTthe statute9174NNstatute .9175SENT. And9176CCand so9177RBso ,9178,, if9179INif we9180PPwe take9181VVPtake that9182DTthat statement9183NNstatement with9184INwith the9185DTthe presumption9186NNpresumption ,9187,, we9188PPwe know9189VVPknow that9190IN/thatthat Congress9191NPCongress was9192VBDbe n't9193RBn't intending9194VVGintend to9195TOto remove9196VVremove judicial9197JJjudicial review9198NNreview altogether9199RBaltogether .9200SENT. It9201PPit put9202VVDput this9203DTthis in9204INin the9205DTthe court9206NNcourt of9207INof appeals9208NNSappeal ,9209,, as9210INas Justice9211NPJustice Kavanaugh9212NPKavanaugh pointed9213VVDpoint .9214SENT. I9215PPI 'm9216VBPbe not9217RBnot sure9218JJsure where9219WRBwhere I9220PPI get9221VVPget the9222DTthe presumption9223NNpresumption that9224IN/thatthat it9225PPit was9226VBDbe going9227VVGgo to9228TOto cut9229VVcut St9230NPSt .9231SENT. Cyr9232NPCyr 's9233POS's concern9234NNconcern in9235INin half9236NNhalf by9237INby not9238RBnot including9239VVGinclude the9240DTthe application9241NNapplication of9242INof ...9243:... of9244INof ...9245:... of9246INof law9247NNlaw to9248TOto settled9249VVNsettle facts9250NNSfact .9251SENT. [MR. LIU]9252LOC[MR. LIU] We9253PPwe do9254VVPdo n't9255RBn't ...9256:... we9257PPwe do9258VVPdo n't9259RBn't read9260VVread that9261DTthat line9262NNline in9263INin St9264NPSt .9265SENT. Cyr9266NPCyr to9267TOto be9268VBbe referring9269VVGrefer to9270TOto the9271DTthe application9272NNapplication of9273INof law9274NNlaw to9275TOto fact9276NNfact .9277SENT. Rather9278RBrather ,9279,, we9280PPwe read9281VVPread that9282DTthat line9283NNline to9284TOto be9285VBbe about9286INabout the9287DTthe scope9288NNscope of9289INof a9290DTa statute9291NNstatute 's9292POS's coverage9293NNcoverage ,9294,, in9295INin other9296JJother words9297NNSword ,9298,, its9299PP$its application9300NNapplication .9301SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9302LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] It9303PPit begs9304VVZbeg ...9305:... it9306PPit begs9307VVZbeg the9308DTthe question9309NNquestion ,9310,, does9311VVZdo n't9312RBn't it9313PPit ?9314SENT? [MR. LIU]9315LOC[MR. LIU] Well9316UHWell ,9317,, I9318PPI ...9319:... I9320PPI do9321VVPdo n't9322RBn't think9323VVthink ...9324:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9325LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Because9326INbecause you9327PPyou do9328VVPdo n't9329RBn't ...9330:... [MR. LIU]9331LOC[MR. LIU] ...9332:... I9333PPI do9334VVPdo n't9335RBn't think9336VVthink so9337RBso .9338SENT. I9339PPI mean9340VVPmean ,9341,, if9342INif you9343PPyou ...9344:... if9345INif you9346PPyou use9347VVPuse the9348DTthe Court9349NPCourt 's9350POS's opinion9351NNopinion in9352INin St9353NPSt .9354SENT. Cyr9355NPCyr as9356INas its9357PP$its own9358JJown dictionary9359NNdictionary ,9360,, you9361PPyou 'll9362MDwill see9363VVsee on9364INon page9365NNpage 2939366CD@card@ ,9367,, the9368DTthe Court9369NPCourt itself9370PPitself uses9371VVZuse "9372``" application9373NNapplication "9374''" to9375TOto describe9376VVdescribe the9377DTthe pure9378JJpure question9379NNquestion of9380INof law9381NNlaw in9382INin that9383DTthat case9384NNcase .9385SENT. And9386CCand then9387RBthen ,9388,, in9389INin Part9390NPPart III9391NPIII ,9392,, where9393WRBwhere the9394DTthe Court9395NPCourt actually9396RBactually addresses9397VVZaddress that9398DTthat question9399NNquestion ,9400,, it9401PPit uses9402VVZuse the9403DTthe word9404NNword "9405``" apply9406VVapply "9407''" or9408CCor "9409``" applied9410VVNapply "9411''" or9412CCor "9413``" application9414NNapplication "9415''" no9416RBno fewer9417JJRfew than9418INthan 189419CD@card@ times9420NNStime to9421TOto describe9422VVdescribe the9423DTthe retroactive9424JJretroactive application9425NNapplication ...9426:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9427LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Except9428INexcept ...9429:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9430LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Mr9431NPMr .9432SENT. Liu9433NPLiu ,9434,, I9435PPI think9436VVPthink Justice9437NPJustice Kagan9438NPKagan had9439VHDhave a9440DTa question9441NNquestion on9442INon the9443DTthe table9444NNtable .9445SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9446LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Have9447NPHave you9448PPyou finished9449VVDfinish ?9450SENT? [MR. LIU]9451LOC[MR. LIU] Yep9452NPYep .9453SENT. Sure9454JJsure .9455SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9456LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Here9457RBhere 's9458VBZbe one9459CDone way9460NNway to9461TOto look9462VVlook at9463INat this9464DTthis case9465NNcase :9466:: The9467DTthe text9468NNtext gets9469VVZget neither9470RBneither side9471VVside all9472PDTall the9473DTthe way9474NNway home9475NNhome ;9476:; can9477MDcan 't9478RB't possibly9479RBpossibly .9480SENT. The9481DTthe analogy9482NNanalogy is9483VBZbe ...9484:... this9485DTthis is9486VBZbe similar9487JJsimilar to9488TOto Justice9489NPJustice Alito9490NPAlito ...9491:... they9492PPthey 're9493VBPbe really9494RBreally different9495JJdifferent contexts9496NNScontext on9497INon both9498DTboth sides9499NNSside .9500SENT. The9501DTthe legislative9502JJlegislative history9503NNhistory is9504VBZbe basically9505RBbasically you9506PPyou can9507MDcan 't9508RB't ...9509:... you9510PPyou do9511VVPdo n't9512RBn't have9513VHhave a9514DTa clue9515NNclue what9516WPwhat it9517PPit means9518VVZmean .9519SENT. St9520NPSt .9521SENT. Cyr9522NPCyr can9523MDcan be9524VBbe read9525VVNread multiple9526JJmultiple ways9527NNSway .9528SENT. So9529RBso all9530RBall of9531INof those9532DTthose ...9533:... I9534PPI mean9535VVPmean ,9536,, you9537PPyou have9538VHPhave arguments9539NNSargument and9540CCand Mr9541NPMr .9542SENT. Hughes9543NPHughes has9544VHZhave arguments9545NNSargument ,9546,, and9547CCand ...9548:... but9549CCbut none9550NNnone of9551INof them9552PPthem really9553RBreally seem9554VVPseem to9555TOto carry9556VVcarry the9557DTthe day9558NNday .9559SENT. And9560CCand that9561DTthat suggests9562VVZsuggest to9563TOto me9564PPme that9565IN/thatthat the9566DTthe presumption9567NNpresumption of9568INof reviewability9569NNreviewability should9570MDshould carry9571VVcarry the9572DTthe day9573NNday .9574SENT. Why9575WRBwhy is9576VBZbe n't9577RBn't this9578DTthis the9579DTthe classic9580JJclassic case9581NNcase in9582INin which9583WDTwhich ...9584:... it9585PPit 's9586VBZbe like9587INlike it9588PPit 's9589VBZbe just9590RBjust not9591RBnot clear9592JJclear ,9593,, and9594CCand so9595RBso the9596DTthe presumption9597NNpresumption does9598VVZdo the9599DTthe work9600NNwork and9601CCand you9602PPyou would9603MDwould lose9604VVlose .9605SENT. [MR. LIU]9606LOC[MR. LIU] Well9607UHWell ,9608,, to9609TOto ...9610:... to9611TOto answer9612VVanswer your9613PP$your question9614NNquestion directly9615RBdirectly ,9616,, we9617PPwe do9618VVPdo think9619VVthink it9620PPit 's9621VBZbe ...9622:... it9623PPit 's9624VBZbe a9625DTa presumption9626NNpresumption of9627INof congressional9628JJcongressional intent9629NNintent .9630SENT. We9631PPwe think9632VVPthink that9633WDTthat 's9634VBZbe reflected9635VVNreflect in9636INin the9637DTthe Block9638NPBlock Nutrition9639NNnutrition case9640NNcase ,9641,, but9642CCbut I9643PPI ...9644:... I9645PPI guess9646VVPguess I9647PPI ...9648:... maybe9649RBmaybe I9650PPI 'm9651VBPbe just9652RBjust going9653VVGgo to9654TOto fight9655VVfight the9656DTthe premise9657NNpremise .9658SENT. I9659PPI mean9660VVPmean ,9661,, we9662PPwe do9663VVPdo n't9664RBn't think9665VVthink Congress9666NPCongress 's9667POS's intent9668NNintent is9669VBZbe at9670INat all9671DTall ambiguous9672JJambiguous here9673RBhere ,9674,, that9675WDTthat ...9676:... that9677IN/thatthat we9678PPwe get9679VVPget to9680TOto a9681DTa point9682NNpoint where9683WRBwhere you9684PPyou need9685VVPneed to9686TOto put9687VVput a9688DTa thumb9689NNthumb on9690INon the9691DTthe scales9692NNSscale in9693INin favor9694NNfavor of9695INof judicial9696JJjudicial review9697NNreview .9698SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9699LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Well9700UHwell ,9701,, I9702PPI take9703VVPtake that9704DTthat point9705NNpoint .9706SENT. I9707PPI mean9708VVPmean ,9709,, that9710WDTthat 's9711VBZbe why9712WRBwhy I9713PPI asked9714VVDask about9715RBabout what9716WPwhat 's9717VBZbe the9718DTthe nature9719NNnature of9720INof this9721DTthis presumption9722NNpresumption ,9723,, because9724RBbecause ,9725,, if9726INif this9727DTthis presumption9728NNpresumption is9729VBZbe only9730RBonly about9731RBabout congressional9732JJcongressional intent9733NNintent ,9734,, it9735PPit has9736VHZhave to9737TOto fight9738VVfight against9739INagainst a9740DTa pretty9741JJpretty strong9742JJstrong sense9743NNsense that9744IN/thatthat Congress9745NPCongress wanted9746VVDwant to9747TOto do9748VVdo something9749NNsomething significant9750JJsignificant here9751RBhere about9752INabout cutting9753VVGcut off9754RPoff review9755NNreview for9756INfor criminal9757JJcriminal aliens9758NNSalien .9759SENT. But9760CCbut ,9761,, if9762INif this9763DTthis presumption9764NNpresumption is9765VBZbe about9766RBabout more9767JJRmore than9768INthan that9769IN/thatthat ,9770,, if9771INif it9772PPit 's9773VBZbe a9774DTa presumption9775NNpresumption that9776IN/thatthat sort9777NNsort of9778INof stands9779NNSstand in9780INin for9781INfor important9782JJimportant separation9783NNseparation of9784INof powers9785NNSpower principles9786NNSprinciple ,9787,, then9788RBthen that9789DTthat response9790NNresponse is9791VBZbe n't9792RBn't quite9793RBquite good9794JJgood enough9795RBenough .9796SENT. [MR. LIU]9797LOC[MR. LIU] Well9798UHWell ,9799,, I9800PPI ...9801:... I9802PPI think9803VVPthink at9804INat the9805DTthe end9806NNend of9807INof the9808DTthe day9809NNday ,9810,, the9811DTthe presumption9812NNpresumption ,9813,, if9814INif we9815PPwe know9816VVPknow anything9817NNanything about9818INabout it9819PPit ,9820,, it9821PPit 's9822VBZbe ...9823:... it9824PPit 's9825VBZbe not9826RBnot a9827DTa ...9828:... a9829DTa sort9830NNsort of9831INof magic9832JJmagic words9833NNSword requirement9834NNrequirement .9835SENT. And9836CCand I9837PPI ...9838:... I9839PPI think9840VVPthink this9841DTthis is9842VBZbe a9843DTa case9844NNcase where9845WRBwhere we9846PPwe know9847VVPknow exactly9848RBexactly what9849WPwhat Congress9850NPCongress was9851VBDbe responding9852VVGrespond to9853TOto .9854SENT. We9855PPwe know9856VVPknow the9857DTthe goal9858NNgoal it9859PPit ultimately9860RBultimately wanted9861VVDwant to9862TOto achieve9863VVachieve ,9864,, and9865CCand we9866PPwe know9867VVPknow it9868PPit wanted9869VVDwant to9870TOto achieve9871VVachieve that9872DTthat goal9873NNgoal as9874INas far9875RBfar as9876RBas possible9877JJpossible .9878SENT. And9879CCand I9880PPI ...9881:... I9882PPI think9883VVPthink there9884EXthere are9885VBPbe good9886JJgood structural9887JJstructural reasons9888NNSreason to9889TOto think9890VVthink my9891PP$my friend9892NNfriend 's9893POS's reading9894NNreading is9895VBZbe wrong9896JJwrong .9897SENT. The9898DTthe one9899CDone is9900VBZbe what9901WPwhat I9902PPI said9903VVDsay at9904INat the9905DTthe outset9906NNoutset ,9907,, that9908WDTthat ...9909:... that9910IN/thatthat under9911INunder my9912PP$my friend9913NNfriend 's9914POS's reading9915NNreading ,9916,, there9917EXthere really9918RBreally would9919MDwould be9920VBbe no9921DTno meaningful9922JJmeaningful difference9923NNdifference between9924INbetween review9925NNreview in9926INin cases9927NNScase involving9928VVGinvolve criminal9929JJcriminal aliens9930NNSalien and9931CCand review9932VVreview involving9933VVGinvolve non-criminal9934JJnon-criminal aliens9935NNSalien .9936SENT. And9937CCand if9938INif ...9939:... [JUSTICE BREYER]9940LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] But9941CCbut suppose9942VVPsuppose that9943IN/thatthat you9944PPyou take9945VVPtake that9946DTthat presumption9947NNpresumption ,9948,, very9949RBvery interesting9950JJinteresting and9951CCand deep9952JJdeep question9953NNquestion that9954IN/thatthat I9955PPI have9956VHPhave ,9957,, and9958CCand maybe9959RBmaybe you9960PPyou have9961VHPhave a9962DTa view9963NNview on9964INon this9965DTthis .9966SENT. I9967PPI have9968VHPhave always9969RBalways thought9970VVNthink that9971IN/thatthat it9972PPit is9973VBZbe really9974RBreally basic9975JJbasic .9976SENT. It9977PPit is9978VBZbe the9979DTthe presumption9980NNpresumption that9981WDTthat assures9982VVZassure every9983DTevery person9984NNperson in9985INin the9986DTthe United9987NPUnited States9988NPSStates of9989INof America9990NPAmerica that9991IN/thatthat this9992DTthis government9993NNgovernment will9994MDwill not9995RBnot harm9996VVharm that9997DTthat person9998NNperson in9999INin ways10000NNSway that10001WDTthat are10002VBPbe unlawful10003JJunlawful ,10004,, unfair10005JJunfair ,10006,, arbitrary10007JJarbitrary ,10008,, capricious10009JJcapricious ,10010,, unconstitutional10011JJunconstitutional ,10012,, or10013CCor an10014DTan abuse10015NNabuse of10016INof discretion10017NNdiscretion ,10018,, and10019CCand that10020IN/thatthat if10021INif you10022PPyou want10023VVPwant to10024TOto have10025VHhave a10026DTa country10027NNcountry that10028WDTthat has10029VHZhave a10030DTa government10031NNgovernment that10032WDTthat is10033VBZbe under10034INunder control10035NNcontrol ,10036,, there10037EXthere is10038VBZbe no10039DTno better10040JJRgood way10041NNway .10042SENT. I10043PPI 'm10044VBPbe not10045RBnot saying10046VVGsay judges10047NNSjudge are10048VBPbe perfect10049JJperfect ,10050,, but10051CCbut that10052DTthat separation10053NNseparation of10054INof powers10055NNSpower is10056VBZbe designed10057VVNdesign to10058TOto provide10059VVprovide a10060DTa check10061NNcheck .10062SENT. Do10063VVdo you10064PPyou see10065VVsee how10066WRBhow basic10067JJbasic I10068PPI say10069VVPsay it10070PPit is10071VBZbe ?10072SENT? [MR. LIU]10073LOC[MR. LIU] And10074CCand I10075PPI think10076VVPthink the10077DTthe separation10078NNseparation of10079INof ...10080:... [JUSTICE BREYER]10081LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] And10082CCand what10083WPwhat do10084VVPdo you10085PPyou think10086VVPthink ?10087SENT? [MR. LIU]10088LOC[MR. LIU] I10089PPI do10090VVPdo n't10091RBn't think10092VVthink the10093DTthe separation10094NNseparation of10095INof powers10096NNSpower is10097VBZbe ...10098:... is10099VBZbe a10100DTa concern10101NNconcern for10102INfor us10103PPus .10104SENT. I10105PPI mean10106VVPmean ,10107,, what10108WPwhat Congress10109NPCongress has10110VHZhave done10111VVNdo in10112INin this10113DTthis provision10114NNprovision is10115VBZbe preserve10116VVpreserve judicial10117JJjudicial review10118NNreview over10119INover the10120DTthe most10121RBSmost important10122JJimportant questions10123NNSquestion .10124SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]10125LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Well10126UHWell ,10127,, I10128PPI ...10129:... I10130PPI do10131VVPdo n't10132RBn't think10133VVthink that10134WDTthat quite10135RBquite gets10136VVZget to10137TOto Justice10138NPJustice Breyer10139NPBreyer 's10140POS's question10141NNquestion ,10142,, in10143INin fairness10144NNfairness .10145SENT. Forget10146VVforget about10147INabout the10148DTthe statute10149NNstatute .10150SENT. Is10151VBZbe n't10152RBn't the10153DTthe presumption10154NNpresumption pretty10155RBpretty ancient10156JJancient really10157RBreally ?10158SENT? I10159PPI mean10160VVPmean ,10161,, it10162PPit goes10163VVZgo back10164RBback to10165TOto the10166DTthe common10167JJcommon law10168NNlaw that10169IN/thatthat the10170DTthe king10171NNking can10172MDcan 't10173RB't act10174VVact arbitrarily10175RBarbitrarily without10176INwithout some10177DTsome check10178NNcheck ,10179,, some10180DTsome review10181NNreview ,10182,, some10183DTsome opportunity10184NNopportunity to10185TOto be10186VBbe heard10187VVNhear by10188INby citizens10189NNScitizen .10190SENT. Is10191VBZbe n't10192RBn't that10193IN/thatthat where10194WRBwhere the10195DTthe presumption10196NNpresumption really10197RBreally comes10198VVZcome from10199INfrom ?10200SENT? And10201CCand is10202VBZbe n't10203RBn't that10204DTthat pretty10205RBpretty fundamental10206JJfundamental to10207TOto the10208DTthe separation10209NNseparation of10210INof powers10211NNSpower and10212CCand due10213JJdue process10214NNprocess and10215CCand those10216DTthose considerations10217NNSconsideration ?10218SENT? [MR. LIU]10219LOC[MR. LIU] I10220PPI do10221VVPdo n't10222RBn't dispute10223VVdispute any10224DTany of10225INof that10226DTthat .10227SENT. What10228WPWhat ...10229:... what10230WPwhat I10231PPI would10232MDwould say10233VVsay is10234VBZbe St10235NPSt .10236SENT. Cyr10237NPCyr cashed10238VVDcash out10239RBout all10240PDTall those10241DTthose concerns10242NNSconcern in10243INin its10244PP$its constitutional10245JJconstitutional avoidance10246NNavoidance holding10247NNholding ...10248:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]10249LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Okay10250NPOkay .10251SENT. But10252CCbut ...10253:... but10254RBbut ...10255:... but10256CCbut you10257PPyou 'd10258MDwould agree10259VVagree ,10260,, though10261RBthough ,10262,, that10263IN/thatthat the10264DTthe presumption10265NNpresumption itself10266PPitself has10267VHZhave those10268DTthose roots10269NNSroot ?10270SENT? [MR. LIU]10271LOC[MR. LIU] That's10272NPThat's ...10273:... that10274WDTthat 's10275VBZbe fair10276JJfair enough10277RBenough ,10278,, Justice10279NPJustice Gorsuch10280NPGorsuch ,10281,, absolutely10282RBabsolutely .10283SENT. But10284CCbut I10285PPI ...10286:... I10287PPI would10288MDwould ...10289:... I10290PPI would10291MDwould think10292VVthink that10293IN/thatthat when10294WRBwhen Congress10295NPCongress makes10296VVZmake its10297PP$its intent10298NNintent clear10299JJclear that10300IN/thatthat it10301PPit wants10302VVZwant to10303TOto foreclose10304VVforeclose judicial10305JJjudicial review10306NNreview in10307INin those10308DTthose circumstances10309NNScircumstance and10310CCand go10311VVgo up10312RPup to10313TOto the10314DTthe limits10315NNSlimit that10316IN/thatthat this10317DTthis Court10318NPCourt identified10319VVDidentify ,10320,, the10321DTthe constitutional10322JJconstitutional doubts10323NNSdoubt that10324IN/thatthat this10325DTthis Court10326NNcourt identified10327VVNidentify in10328INin St10329NPSt .10330SENT. Cyr10331NPCyr ,10332,, that10333WDTthat Congress10334NPCongress is10335VBZbe able10336JJable to10337TOto do10338VVdo so10339RBso .10340SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10341LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But10342CCbut Congress10343NPCongress knew10344VVDknow about10345INabout this10346DTthis .10347SENT. We10348PPwe know10349VVPknow that10350IN/thatthat from10351INfrom the10352DTthe ACLU10353NPACLU objection10354NNobjection and10355CCand the10356DTthe back10357RBback and10358CCand forth10359RBforth and10360CCand the10361DTthe deletion10362NNdeletion of10363INof "10364``" pure10365JJpure .10366SENT. "10367''" And10368CCand Congress10369NPCongress could10370MDcould have10371VHhave easily10372RBeasily written10373VVNwrite a10374DTa statute10375NNstatute that10376WDTthat said10377VVDsay review10378NNreview of10379INof questions10380NNSquestion of10381INof law10382NNlaw ,10383,, no10384DTno review10385NNreview of10386INof facts10387NNSfact or10388CCor application10389NNapplication of10390INof law10391NNlaw to10392TOto fact10393NNfact .10394SENT. And10395CCand it10396PPit has10397VHZhave used10398VVNuse that10399DTthat kind10400NNkind of10401INof phrasing10402NNphrasing in10403INin other10404JJother statutes10405NNSstatute .10406SENT. That10407DTthat would10408MDwould have10409VHhave been10410VBNbe the10411DTthe clear10412JJclear language10413NNlanguage that10414IN/thatthat I10415PPI think10416VVPthink you10417PPyou 're10418VBPbe looking10419VVGlook for10420INfor .10421SENT. [MR. LIU]10422LOC[MR. LIU] Well10423UHwell ,10424,, I10425PPI mean10426VVPmean ,10427,, I10428PPI ...10429:... I10430PPI think10431VVPthink that10432DTthat ...10433:... that10434DTthat language10435NNlanguage would10436MDwould have10437VHhave been10438VBNbe equally10439RBequally clear10440JJclear .10441SENT. But10442CCbut I10443PPI think10444VVPthink Congress10445NPCongress thought10446VVDthink all10447DTall it10448PPit was10449VBDbe doing10450VVGdo was10451VBDbe tracking10452VVGtrack this10453DTthis Court10454NPCourt 's10455POS's concerns10456NNSconcern in10457INin St10458NPSt .10459SENT. Cyr10460NPCyr ,10461,, which10462WDTwhich were10463VBDbe focused10464VVNfocus on10465INon the10466DTthe availability10467NNavailability of10468INof judicial10469JJjudicial review10470NNreview for10471INfor constitutional10472JJconstitutional claims10473NNSclaim and10474CCand pure10475JJpure questions10476NNSquestion of10477INof law10478NNlaw .10479SENT. Now10480RBnow I10481PPI ...10482:... I10483PPI think10484VVPthink the10485DTthe problem10486NNproblem with10487INwith my10488PP$my friend10489NNfriend 's10490POS's position10491NNposition is10492VBZbe it10493PPit would10494MDwould ...10495:... it10496PPit would10497MDwould reduce10498VVreduce this10499DTthis difference10500NNdifference .10501SENT. And10502CCand his10503PP$his only10504JJonly safety10505NNsafety valve10506NNvalve is10507VBZbe to10508TOto say10509VVsay :10510:: Well10511UHWell ,10512,, some10513DTsome of10514INof these10515DTthese mixed10516JJmixed application10517NNapplication decisions10518NNSdecision would10519MDwould be10520VBbe discretionary10521JJdiscretionary and10522CCand ,10523,, therefore10524RBtherefore ,10525,, not10526RBnot reviewable10527JJreviewable .10528SENT. Well10529UHwell ,10530,, that10531WDTthat ...10532:... that10533WDTthat 's10534VBZbe just10535RBjust not10536RBnot how10537WRBhow this10538DTthis statute10539NNstatute works10540VVZwork .10541SENT. I10542PPI mean10543VVPmean ,10544,, I10545PPI think10546VVPthink he10547PPhe 's10548VBZbe relying10549VVGrely on10550INon 125210551CD@card@ (10552(( a10553DTa )10554)) (10555(( 210556LS2 )10557)) (10558(( B10559NPB )10560)) ,10561,, which10562WDTwhich does10563VVZdo say10564VVsay that10565IN/thatthat discretionary10566JJdiscretionary denials10567NNSdenial are10568VBPbe unreviewable10569JJunreviewable .10570SENT. But10571CCbut the10572DTthe questions10573NNSquestion of10574INof law10575NNlaw ,10576,, preservation10577NNpreservation ,10578,, the10579DTthe saving10580VVGsave clause10581NNclause here10582RBhere applies10583VVZapply equally10584RBequally to10585TOto 125210586CD@card@ (10587(( a10588DTa )10589)) (10590(( 210591LS2 )10592)) (10593(( B10594NPB )10595)) .10596SENT. And10597CCand so10598RBso I10599PPI do10600VVPdo n't10601RBn't ...10602:... I10603PPI do10604VVPdo n't10605RBn't think10606VVthink that10607WDTthat 's10608VBZbe a10609DTa solution10610NNsolution to10611TOto the10612DTthe problem10613NNproblem .10614SENT. You10615PPyou see10616VVPsee this10617DTthis play10618NNplay out10619RPout in10620INin the10621DTthe Ninth10622JJninth Circuit10623NNcircuit where10624WRBwhere they10625PPthey 've10626VHPhave read10627VVNread questions10628NNSquestion of10629INof law10630NNlaw to10631TOto include10632VVinclude every10633DTevery mixed10634JJmixed question10635NNquestion of10636INof law10637NNlaw and10638CCand fact10639NNfact .10640SENT. And10641CCand what10642WPwhat that10643WDTthat 's10644VBZbe done10645VVNdo is10646VBZbe that10647IN/thatthat it10648PPit 's10649VHZhave gutted10650VVNgut the10651DTthe application10652NNapplication of10653INof the10654DTthe discretionary10655JJdiscretionary denial10656NNdenial bar10657NNbar ,10658,, because10659INbecause virtually10660JJvirtually everything10661NNeverything that10662IN/thatthat you10663PPyou can10664MDcan call10665VVcall an10666DTan exercise10667NNexercise of10668INof discretion10669NNdiscretion you10670PPyou can10671MDcan also10672RBalso describe10673VVdescribe as10674INas involving10675VVGinvolve the10676DTthe application10677NNapplication of10678INof law10679NNlaw to10680TOto fact10681NNfact .10682SENT. And10683CCand if10684INif questions10685NNSquestion of10686INof law10687NNlaw are10688VBPbe an10689DTan exception10690NNexception to10691TOto that10692DTthat bar10693NNbar ,10694,, then10695RBthen you10696PPyou 're10697VBPbe ...10698:... you10699PPyou 're10700VBPbe not10701RBnot really10702RBreally left10703VVNleave with10704INwith ...10705:... with10706INwith much10707JJmuch that10708WDTthat 's10709VBZbe ...10710:... that10711WDTthat 's10712VBZbe protected10713VVNprotect from10714INfrom review10715NNreview .10716SENT. So10717INso I10718PPI ...10719:... I10720PPI do10721VVPdo n't10722RBn't think10723VVthink that10724WDTthat 's10725VBZbe a10726DTa solution10727NNsolution to10728TOto ...10729:... to10730TOto ...10731:... to10732TOto trying10733VVGtry to10734TOto make10735VVmake this10736DTthis meaningful10737JJmeaningful .10738SENT. I10739PPI did10740VVDdo want10741VVwant to10742TOto mention10743VVmention ,10744,, too10745RBtoo ,10746,, the10747DTthe ...10748:... the10749DTthe administrative10750JJadministrative ...10751:... administrability10752NNadministrability issue10753NNissue with10754INwith Petitioners10755NNSpetitioner '10756POS' position10757NNposition .10758SENT. They10759PPthey would10760MDwould have10761VHhave this10762DTthis Court10763NPCourt tell10764VVtell ...10765:... have10766VHPhave courts10767NNScourt of10768INof appeals10769NNSappeal start10770VVPstart trying10771VVGtry to10772TOto distinguish10773VVdistinguish questions10774NNSquestion of10775INof historical10776JJhistorical fact10777NNfact from10778INfrom mixed10779JJmixed questions10780NNSquestion of10781INof law10782NNlaw .10783SENT. You10784PPyou know10785VVPknow ,10786,, of10787INof course10788NNcourse ,10789,, this10790DTthis Court10791NPCourt has10792VHZhave experience10793NNexperience with10794INwith that10795DTthat .10796SENT. I10797PPI mean10798VVPmean ,10799,, pre-AEDPA10800NPpre-AEDPA ,10801,, this10802DTthis was10803VBDbe the10804DTthe regime10805NNregime because10806INbecause factual10807JJfactual questions10808NNSquestion got10809VVDget a10810DTa ...10811:... a10812DTa lot10813NNlot of10814INof deference10815NNdeference and10816CCand mixed10817JJmixed questions10818NNSquestion and10819CCand legal10820JJlegal questions10821NNSquestion did10822VVDdo n't10823RBn't .10824SENT. And10825CCand there10826EXthere was10827VBDbe a10828DTa whole10829JJwhole line10830NNline of10831INof cases10832NNScase that10833IN/thatthat this10834DTthis Court10835NPCourt decided10836VVDdecide trying10837VVGtry to10838TOto put10839VVput questions10840NNSquestion on10841INon one10842CDone side10843NNside of10844INof the10845DTthe line10846NNline or10847CCor the10848DTthe other10849JJother .10850SENT. The10851DTthe line10852NNline we10853PPwe 're10854VBPbe proposing10855VVGpropose ,10856,, which10857WDTwhich is10858VBZbe a10859DTa ...10860:... a10861DTa ...10862:... indeed10863RBindeed ,10864,, a10865DTa pure10866JJpure questions10867NNSquestion line10868NNline ,10869,, I10870PPI think10871VVPthink my10872PP$my friend10873NNfriend acknowledges10874VVZacknowledge is10875VBZbe a10876DTa clear10877JJclear line10878NNline to10879TOto administer10880VVadminister ,10881,, and10882CCand it10883PPit 's10884VBZbe one10885CDone that10886IN/thatthat appellate10887JJappellate courts10888NNScourt are10889VBPbe well10890RBwell suited10891VVNsuit to10892TOto administer10893VVadminister and10894CCand they10895PPthey have10896VHPhave been10897VBNbe doing10898VVGdo in10899INin ...10900:... in10901INin ...10902:... in10903INin many10904JJmany other10905JJother contexts10906NNScontext .10907SENT. I10908PPI ...10909:... I10910PPI think10911VVPthink ...10912:... Justice10913NPJustice Gorsuch10914NPGorsuch mentioned10915VVDmention the10916DTthe ...10917:... the10918DTthe lay10919NNlay of10920INof the10921DTthe land10922NNland in10923INin the10924DTthe courts10925NNScourt of10926INof appeals10927NNSappeal .10928SENT. It10929PPit ...10930:... it10931PPit 's10932VBZbe absolutely10933RBabsolutely the10934DTthe case10935NNcase that10936IN/thatthat all10937DTall 1010938CD@card@ courts10939NNScourt of10940INof appeals10941NNSappeal that10942WDTthat have10943VHPhave addressed10944VVNaddress the10945DTthe standard10946NNstandard of10947INof review10948NNreview that10949WDTthat applies10950VVZapply to10951TOto the10952DTthe very10953JJvery issue10954NNissue here10955RBhere ,10956,, that10957WDTthat is10958VBZbe ,10959,, reasonable10960JJreasonable diligence10961NNdiligence for10962INfor purposes10963NNSpurpose of10964INof equitable10965JJequitable tolling10966VVGtoll ,10967,, for10968INfor purposes10969NNSpurpose of10970INof seeking10971VVGseek to10972TOto reopen10973VVreopen removal10974NNremoval proceedings10975NNSproceeding ,10976,, that10977DTthat determination10978NNdetermination is10979VBZbe reviewed10980VVNreview for10981INfor abuse10982NNabuse of10983INof discretion10984NNdiscretion when10985WRBwhen this10986DTthis bar10987NNbar does10988VVZdo n't10989RBn't apply10990VVapply .10991SENT. And10992CCand so10993INso Petitioners10994NNSpetitioner '10995POS' reading10996NNreading would10997MDwould create10998VVcreate a10999DTa mismatch11000NNmismatch in11001INin one11002CDone of11003INof two11004CDtwo ways11005NNSway :11006:: Either11007CCeither we11008PPwe would11009MDwould be11010VBbe labeling11011VVGlabel as11012INas a11013DTa question11014NNquestion of11015INof law11016NNlaw something11017NNsomething that11018WDTthat would11019MDwould otherwise11020RBotherwise be11021VBbe reviewed11022VVNreview for11023INfor abuse11024NNabuse of11025INof discretion11026NNdiscretion ,11027,, or11028CCor we11029PPwe would11030MDwould be11031VBbe reviewing11032VVGreview de11033NPde novo11034NPNovo something11035NNsomething that11036WDTthat would11037MDwould otherwise11038RBotherwise be11039VBbe reviewed11040VVNreview under11041INunder a11042DTa highly11043RBhighly deferential11044JJdeferential standard11045NNstandard .11046SENT. I11047PPI ...11048:... I11049PPI ...11050:... I11051PPI do11052VVPdo n't11053RBn't think11054VVthink that11055IN/thatthat that11056DTthat 's11057VBZbe really11058RBreally a11059DTa tenable11060JJtenable position11061NNposition .11062SENT. I11063PPI think11064VVPthink what11065WPwhat the11066DTthe ...11067:... what11068WPwhat those11069DTthose cases11070NNScase teach11071VVPteach us11072PPus is11073VBZbe that11074IN/thatthat the11075DTthe issue11076NNissue here11077RBhere is11078VBZbe at11079INat the11080DTthe very11081RBvery least11082JJSleast a11083DTa primarily11084RBprimarily factual11085JJfactual mixed11086JJmixed question11087NNquestion .11088SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]11089LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Mr11090NPMr .11091SENT. Liu11092NPLiu ,11093,, on11094INon that11095DTthat ,11096,, the11097DTthe way11098NNway I11099PPI ...11100:... I11101PPI worked11102VVDwork my11103PP$my way11104NNway through11105INthrough it11106PPit ,11107,, and11108CCand I11109PPI want11110VVPwant to11111TOto give11112VVgive you11113PPyou a11114DTa shot11115NNshot at11116INat it11117PPit ,11118,, is11119VBZbe to11120TOto say11121VVsay that11122IN/thatthat when11123WRBwhen we11124PPwe have11125VHPhave the11126DTthe abuse11127NNabuse of11128INof discretion11129NNdiscretion standard11130JJstandard review11131NNreview ,11132,, we11133PPwe often11134RBoften mean11135VVPmean really11136RBreally two11137CDtwo things11138NNSthing .11139SENT. One11140PPone can11141MDcan abuse11142VVabuse the11143DTthe discretion11144NNdiscretion by11145INby a11146DTa clear11147JJclear error11148NNerror of11149INof fact11150NNfact finding11151NNfinding ,11152,, and11153CCand one11154PPone can11155MDcan abuse11156VVabuse one11157CDone 's11158POS's discretion11159NNdiscretion by11160INby misapplying11161VVGmisapply the11162DTthe law11163NNlaw .11164SENT. And11165CCand both11166DTboth of11167INof those11168DTthose can11169MDcan be11170VBbe abuses11171NNSabuse of11172INof discretion11173NNdiscretion .11174SENT. I11175PPI ...11176:... I11177PPI see11178VVPsee it11179PPit breaking11180VVGbreak down11181RPdown into11182INinto ...11183:... into11184INinto those11185DTthose two11186CDtwo camps11187NNScamp .11188SENT. And11189CCand when11190WRBwhen I11191PPI 'm11192VBPbe applying11193VVGapply the11194DTthe abuse11195NNabuse of11196INof discretion11197NNdiscretion ...11198:... when11199WRBwhen I11200PPI used11201VVDuse to11202TOto apply11203VVapply the11204DTthe abuse11205NNabuse of11206INof discretion11207NNdiscretion standard11208JJstandard review11209NNreview ,11210,, and11211CCand the11212DTthe facts11213NNSfact were11214VBDbe agreed11215VVNagree upon11216RPupon ,11217,, it11218PPit then11219RBthen became11220VVDbecome in11221INin my11222PP$my mind11223NNmind a11224DTa legal11225JJlegal question11226NNquestion much11227RBmuch as11228INas it11229PPit would11230MDwould at11231INat summary11232NNsummary judgment11233NNjudgment or11234CCor 1211235CD@card@ (11236(( b11237LSb )11238)) (11239(( 611240CD6 )11241)) ,11242,, whether11243INwhether these11244DTthese facts11245NNSfact ,11246,, as11247INas given11248VVNgive ,11249,, rise11250VVrise to11251TOto the11252DTthe level11253NNlevel that11254IN/thatthat the11255DTthe law11256NNlaw requires11257VVZrequire .11258SENT. Now11259RBnow I11260PPI ...11261:... I11262PPI know11263VVPknow you11264PPyou do11265VVPdo n't11266RBn't agree11267VVagree with11268INwith that11269DTthat ,11270,, so11271RBso have11272VHPhave your11273PP$your shot11274NNshot at11275INat it11276PPit .11277SENT. [MR. LIU]11278LOC[MR. LIU] Well11279UHwell ,11280,, I11281PPI think11282VVPthink that11283IN/thatthat inquiry11284NNinquiry is11285VBZbe still11286RBstill ...11287:... requires11288VVZrequire a11289DTa ...11290:... a11291DTa great11292JJgreat deal11293NNdeal of11294INof exercise11295NNexercise of11296INof judgment11297NNjudgment on11298INon behalf11299NNbehalf of11300INof whoever11301WPwhoever is11302VBZbe conducting11303VVGconduct the11304DTthe inquiry11305NNinquiry .11306SENT. You11307PPyou are11308VBPbe taking11309VVGtake in11310INin all11311PDTall the11312DTthe historical11313JJhistorical facts11314NNSfact .11315SENT. You11316PPyou 're11317VBPbe looking11318VVGlook at11319INat them11320PPthem as11321INas a11322DTa whole11323NNwhole .11324SENT. You11325PPyou 're11326VBPbe balancing11327VVGbalance one11328PPone against11329INagainst the11330DTthe other11331JJother .11332SENT. There11333EXthere are11334VBPbe judgments11335NNSjudgment made11336VVNmake throughout11337INthroughout the11338DTthe process11339NNprocess .11340SENT. So11341RBso ,11342,, you11343PPyou know11344VVPknow ,11345,, you11346PPyou might11347MDmight ...11348:... you11349PPyou might11350MDmight label11351VVlabel it11352PPit one11353CDone thing11354NNthing or11355CCor the11356DTthe other11357JJother .11358SENT. But11359CCbut I11360PPI think11361VVPthink when11362WRBwhen you11363PPyou get11364VVPget down11365RBdown to11366TOto what11367WPwhat the11368DTthe actual11369JJactual nature11370NNnature of11371INof the11372DTthe inquiry11373NNinquiry is11374VBZbe ,11375,, it11376PPit is11377VBZbe one11378CDone that11379WDTthat 's11380VBZbe bound11381VVNbind up11382RPup with11383INwith the11384DTthe facts11385NNSfact of11386INof the11387DTthe case11388NNcase .11389SENT. And11390CCand I11391PPI think11392VVPthink the11393DTthe teaching11394NNteaching of11395INof this11396DTthis Court11397NPCourt 's11398POS's opinion11399NNopinion in11400INin Lakeridge11401NPLakeridge is11402VBZbe that11403IN/thatthat there11404EXthere is11405VBZbe a11406DTa part11407NNpart of11408INof a11409DTa mixed11410JJmixed question11411NNquestion where11412WRBwhere you11413PPyou can11414MDcan 't11415RB't unwind11416VVunwind the11417DTthe factual11418JJfactual and11419CCand the11420DTthe legal11421JJlegal parts11422NNSpart ,11423,, that11424WDTthat is11425VBZbe ,11426,, there11427EXthere is11428VBZbe a11429DTa part11430NNpart where11431WRBwhere they11432PPthey are11433VBPbe so11434RBso intertwined11435VVNintertwine that11436IN/thatthat the11437DTthe best11438JJSgood you11439PPyou can11440MDcan say11441VVsay is11442VBZbe ,11443,, well11444RBwell ,11445,, this11446DTthis is11447VBZbe either11448DTeither primarily11449RBprimarily factual11450JJfactual or11451CCor primarily11452RBprimarily legal11453JJlegal .11454SENT. It11455PPit 's11456VBZbe those11457DTthose mixed11458JJmixed questions11459NNSquestion that11460IN/thatthat I11461PPI do11462VVPdo n't11463RBn't think11464VVPthink Congress11465NPCongress was11466VBDbe trying11467VVGtry to11468TOto give11469VVgive judicial11470JJjudicial review11471NNreview of11472INof because11473RBbecause ,11474,, if11475INif that11476WDTthat were11477VBDbe the11478DTthe case11479NNcase ,11480,, there11481EXthere really11482RBreally would11483MDwould n't11484RBn't be11485VBbe any11486DTany ...11487:... any11488DTany difference11489NNdifference between11490INbetween the11491DTthe review11492NNreview that11493IN/thatthat the11494DTthe criminal11495JJcriminal aliens11496NNSalien got11497VVDget and11498CCand the11499DTthe review11500NNreview that11501IN/thatthat the11502DTthe non-criminal11503JJnon-criminal ...11504:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11505LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] You11506PPyou 've11507VHPhave mentioned11508VVNmention ...11509:... [MR. LIU]11510LOC[MR. LIU] ...11511:... aliens11512NNSalien got11513VVDget .11514SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11515LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...11516:... St11517NPSt .11518SENT. Cyr11519NPCyr and11520CCand Congress11521NPCongress was11522VBDbe just11523RBjust responding11524VVGrespond to11525TOto that11526DTthat .11527SENT. But11528CCbut is11529VBZbe n't11530RBn't it11531PPit true11532JJtrue that11533IN/thatthat the11534DTthe courts11535NNScourt of11536INof appeals11537NNSappeal ,11538,, in11539INin the11540DTthe wake11541NNwake of11542INof that11543DTthat decision11544NNdecision ,11545,, reviewed11546VVNreview mixed11547JJmixed questions11548NNSquestion before11549RBbefore ...11550:... so11551RBso after11552INafter St11553NPSt .11554SENT. Cyr11555NPCyr ,11556,, before11557INbefore the11558DTthe Real11559JJreal ID11560NNid Act11561NPAct ?11562SENT? [MR. LIU]11563LOC[MR. LIU] Well11564UHWell ,11565,, only11566RBonly ...11567:... only11568RBonly four11569CDfour courts11570NNScourt of11571INof appeals11572NNSappeal did11573VVDdo .11574SENT. I11575PPI do11576VVPdo n't11577RBn't think11578VVthink that11579WDTthat 's11580VBZbe a11581DTa broad11582JJbroad enough11583JJenough consensus11584NNconsensus for11585INfor this11586DTthis Court11587NPCourt to11588TOto apply11589VVapply any11590DTany sort11591NNsort of11592INof ...11593:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11594LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But11595CCbut Congress11596NPCongress indicated11597VVDindicate it11598PPit was11599VBDbe ...11600:... at11601INat least11602JJSleast a11603DTa committee11604NNcommittee indicated11605VVDindicate awareness11606NNawareness of11607INof those11608DTthose decisions11609NNSdecision .11610SENT. [MR. LIU]11611LOC[MR. LIU] I11612PPI do11613VVPdo n't11614RBn't think11615VVthink that11616WDTthat 's11617VBZbe right11618JJright .11619SENT. If11620INif you11621PPyou look11622VVPlook at11623INat the11624DTthe passage11625NNpassage of11626INof ...11627:... of11628INof the11629DTthe conference11630NNconference report11631NNreport on11632INon which11633WDTwhich Petitioners11634NNSpetitioner rely11635VVPrely ...11636:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11637LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Well11638UHWell ,11639,, put11640VVDput aside11641RPaside that11642DTthat .11643SENT. Put11644VVput aside11645RBaside that11646RBthat .11647SENT. Is11648VBZbe it11649PPit ...11650:... go11651VVgo back11652RBback to11653TOto the11654DTthe courts11655NNScourt of11656INof appeals11657NNSappeal decisions11658NNSdecision .11659SENT. They11660PPthey had11661VHDhave reviewed11662VVNreview mixed11663JJmixed questions11664NNSquestion ...11665:... [MR. LIU]11666LOC[MR. LIU] Yeah11667NPYeah .11668SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11669LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...11670:... in11671INin that11672DTthat interim11673NNinterim .11674SENT. [MR. LIU]11675LOC[MR. LIU] Four11676NPFour of11677INof them11678PPthem had11679VHDhave .11680SENT. That's11681NPThat's ...11682:... that11683WDTthat 's11684VBZbe ...11685:... that11686WDTthat 's11687VBZbe far11688RBfar from11689INfrom the11690DTthe sort11691NNsort of11692INof consensus11693NNconsensus ,11694,, I11695PPI think11696VVPthink ,11697,, Congress11698NPCongress was11699VBDbe focused11700VVNfocus on11701RPon .11702SENT. There11703EXthere 's11704VBZbe no11705DTno indication11706NNindication Congress11707NPCongress was11708VBDbe aware11709JJaware of11710INof those11711DTthose decisions11712NNSdecision .11713SENT. And11714CCand all11715PDTall those11716DTthose decisions11717NNSdecision rested11718VVDrest on11719INon a11720DTa reading11721NNreading of11722INof one11723CDone line11724NNline of11725INof St11726NPSt .11727SENT. Cyr11728NPCyr ,11729,, which11730WDTwhich ,11731,, as11732INas I11733PPI said11734VVDsay ,11735,, is11736VBZbe mistaken11737VVNmistake .11738SENT. I11739PPI mean11740VVPmean ,11741,, if11742INif ...11743:... even11744RBeven if11745INif you11746PPyou look11747VVPlook at11748INat the11749DTthe ...11750:... at11751INat the11752DTthe decision11753NNdecision cited11754VVDcite in11755INin that11756DTthat line11757NNline ,11758,, it11759PPit 's11760VBZbe Footnote11761NNfootnote 1811762CD@card@ ,11763,, you11764PPyou 'll11765MDwill see11766VVsee that11767IN/thatthat each11768DTeach of11769INof the11770DTthe sources11771NNSsource cited11772VVNcite involves11773VVZinvolve a11774DTa pure11775JJpure question11776NNquestion of11777INof law11778NNlaw that11779WDTthat is11780VBZbe a11781DTa question11782NNquestion of11783INof statutory11784JJstatutory construction11785NNconstruction .11786SENT. So11787RBso I11788PPI do11789VVPdo n't11790RBn't think11791VVthink the11792DTthe word11793NNword "11794``" application11795NNapplication "11796''" can11797MDcan ...11798:... can11799MDcan bear11800VVbear all11801PDTall that11802DTthat weight11803NNweight .11804SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]11805LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank11806VVthank you11807PPyou ,11808,, counsel11809NNcounsel .11810SENT. Five11811CDFive minutes11812NNSminute ,11813,, Mr11814NPMr .11815SENT. Hughes11816NPHughes .11817SENT.

[MR. HUGHES]11818LOC[MR. HUGHES] Thank11819VVthank you11820PPyou ,11821,, Your11822PP$your Honor11823NPHonor .11824SENT. I'll11825NNI'll ...11826:... I11827PPI 'll11828MDwill be11829VBbe brief11830JJbrief .11831SENT. Our11832PP$our ...11833:... our11834PP$our first11835JJfirst point11836NNpoint is11837VBZbe that11838IN/thatthat because11839INbecause Congress11840NPCongress created11841VVDcreate judicial11842JJjudicial review11843NNreview ,11844,, that11845DTthat review11846NNreview must11847MDmust ,11848,, in11849INin fact11850NNfact ,11851,, be11852VBbe substantive11853JJsubstantive .11854SENT. It11855PPit is11856VBZbe not11857RBnot just11858RBjust review11859VVreview over11860RPover whether11861INwhether or11862CCor not11863RBnot the11864DTthe Board11865NPBoard wrote11866VVDwrite down11867RPdown the11868DTthe right11869JJright boilerplate11870NNboilerplate .11871SENT. We11872PPwe think11873VVPthink that11874DTthat 's11875VBZbe an11876DTan important11877JJimportant starting11878VVGstart point11879NNpoint .11880SENT. And11881CCand when11882WRBwhen Congress11883NPCongress created11884VVDcreate Section11885NPSection 211886CD2 (11887(( D11888NPD )11889)) ,11890,, it11891PPit must11892MDmust have11893VHhave meant11894VVNmean for11895INfor more11896JJRmore than11897INthan just11898RBjust whether11899INwhether or11900CCor not11901RBnot the11902DTthe Board11903NPBoard used11904VVDuse the11905DTthe right11906JJright statement11907NNstatement of11908INof the11909DTthe standard11910NNstandard .11911SENT. It11912PPit must11913MDmust include11914VVinclude whether11915INwhether or11916CCor not11917RBnot that11918DTthat standard11919NNstandard 's11920VBZbe used11921VVNuse .11922SENT. The11923DTthe second11924JJsecond point11925NNpoint is11926VBZbe jurisdictional11927JJjurisdictional rules11928NNSrule ,11929,, particularly11930RBparticularly rules11931NNSrule like11932INlike this11933DTthis that11934WDTthat are11935VBPbe often11936RBoften implied11937VVNimply ...11938:... applied11939JJapplied ,11940,, have11941VHhave to11942TOto be11943VBbe clear11944JJclear .11945SENT. There11946EXthere needs11947VVZneed to11948TOto be11949VBbe clear11950JJclear direction11951NNdirection to11952TOto the11953DTthe courts11954NNScourt of11955INof appeals11956NNSappeal as11957RBas to11958TOto ,11959,, at11960INat the11961DTthe outset11962NNoutset of11963INof a11964DTa case11965NNcase ,11966,, when11967WRBwhen they11968PPthey have11969VHPhave jurisdiction11970NNjurisdiction and11971CCand when11972WRBwhen they11973PPthey do11974VVPdo n't11975RBn't have11976VHhave jurisdiction11977NNjurisdiction .11978SENT. The11979DTthe rule11980NNrule we11981PPwe 've11982VHPhave offered11983VVNoffer provides11984VVZprovide the11985DTthe Court11986NPCourt a11987DTa clear11988JJclear test11989NNtest .11990SENT. The11991DTthe government11992NNgovernment ,11993,, by11994INby contrast11995NNcontrast ,11996,, if11997INif we11998PPwe set11999VVDset aside12000RPaside its12001PP$its extreme12002JJextreme position12003NNposition ,12004,, the12005DTthe position12006NNposition that12007WDTthat would12008MDwould be12009VBbe you12010PPyou look12011VVPlook at12012INat the12013DTthe boilerplate12014NNboilerplate only12015RBonly ,12016,, there12017EXthere is12018VBZbe no12019DTno test12020NNtest the12021DTthe government12022NNgovernment has12023VHZhave offered12024VVNoffer as12025RBas to12026TOto meaningfully12027RBmeaningfully distinguish12028VVdistinguish between12029INbetween whether12030INwhether or12031CCor not12032RBnot a12033DTa standard12034NNstandard was12035VBDbe actually12036RBactually used12037VVNuse and12038CCand whether12039INwhether or12040CCor not12041RBnot the12042DTthe standard12043NNstandard was12044VBDbe correctly12045RBcorrectly applied12046VVNapply .12047SENT. Because12048INbecause the12049DTthe courts12050NNScourt need12051VVPneed clarity12052NNclarity ,12053,, we12054PPwe think12055VVPthink the12056DTthe rule12057NNrule that12058IN/thatthat we12059PPwe offer12060VVPoffer is12061VBZbe by12062INby far12063RBfar the12064DTthe most12065RBSmost suitable12066JJsuitable and12067CCand ...12068:... and12069CCand appropriate12070JJappropriate rule12071NNrule that12072WDTthat will12073MDwill allow12074VVallow courts12075NNScourt to12076TOto adjudicate12077VVadjudicate these12078DTthese cases12079NNScase as12080INas they12081PPthey arise12082VVParise .12083SENT. Third12084JJthird and12085CCand finally12086RBfinally ,12087,, if12088INif there12089EXthere is12090VBZbe any12091DTany doubt12092NNdoubt here12093RBhere ,12094,, I12095PPI think12096VVPthink the12097DTthe presumption12098NNpresumption of12099INof judicial12100JJjudicial review12101NNreview is12102VBZbe quite12103RBquite important12104JJimportant .12105SENT. This12106DTthis does12107VVZdo bear12108VVbear not12109RBnot just12110RBjust on12111INon underlying12112VVGunderlie congressional12113JJcongressional intent12114NNintent but12115CCbut core12116NNcore separation12117NNseparation of12118INof powers12119NNSpower principles12120NNSprinciple .12121SENT. The12122DTthe view12123NNview of12124INof ,12125,, if12126INif there12127EXthere 's12128VBZbe going12129VVGgo to12130TOto be12131VBbe any12132DTany delegation12133NNdelegation of12134INof lawmaking12135JJlawmaking authority12136NNauthority to12137TOto the12138DTthe agencies12139NNSagency ,12140,, that12141WDTthat certainly12142RBcertainly needs12143VVZneed to12144TOto be12145VBbe clearly12146RBclearly stated12147VVNstate by12148INby Congress12149NPCongress .12150SENT. So12151INso any12152DTany doubt12153NNdoubt as12154INas to12155TOto how12156WRBhow the12157DTthe various12158JJvarious statutory12159JJstatutory interpretation12160NNinterpretation factors12161NNSfactor and12162CCand the12163DTthe history12164NNhistory in12165INin St12166NPSt .12167SENT. Cyr12168NPCyr all12169RBall apply12170VVPapply ,12171,, to12172TOto the12173DTthe extent12174NNextent that12175IN/thatthat that12176DTthat is12177VBZbe a12178DTa wash12179NNwash ,12180,, we12181PPwe do12182VVPdo n't12183RBn't think12184VVthink it12185PPit is12186VBZbe ,12187,, we12188PPwe think12189VVPthink it12190PPit strongly12191RBstrongly favors12192VVZfavor our12193PP$our position12194NNposition ,12195,, but12196CCbut that12197WDTthat would12198MDwould strongly12199RBstrongly favor12200VVfavor applying12201VVGapply the12202DTthe presumption12203NNpresumption and12204CCand ultimately12205RBultimately concluding12206VVGconclude that12207IN/thatthat there12208EXthere is12209VBZbe judicial12210JJjudicial review12211NNreview over12212INover the12213DTthe application12214NNapplication of12215INof ...12216:... of12217INof lots12218NNSlot of12219INof facts12220NNSfact .12221SENT. So12222RBso ,12223,, ultimately12224RBultimately ,12225,, our12226PP$our rule12227NNrule is12228VBZbe necessary12229JJnecessary to12230TOto fulfill12231VVfulfill the12232DTthe promise12233NNpromise of12234INof judicial12235JJjudicial review12236NNreview and12237CCand the12238DTthe premise12239NNpremise of12240INof judicial12241JJjudicial review12242NNreview that12243WDTthat 's12244VBZbe undeniably12245RBundeniably created12246VVNcreate in12247INin the12248DTthe statutory12249JJstatutory text12250NNtext .12251SENT. It12252PPit 's12253VBZbe also12254RBalso required12255VVNrequire to12256TOto be12257VBbe a12258DTa fulsome12259JJfulsome response12260NNresponse to12261TOto St12262NPSt .12263SENT. Cyr12264NPCyr ,12265,, as12266INas the12267DTthe ...12268:... the12269DTthe cases12270NNScase in12271INin the12272DTthe wake12273NNwake of12274INof St12275NPSt .12276SENT. Cyr12277NPCyr ,12278,, as12279RBas well12280RBwell as12281INas the12282DTthe pre-178912283JJpre-1789 cases12284NNScase that12285IN/thatthat we12286PPwe identify12287VVPidentify in12288INin our12289PP$our briefs12290NNSbrief make12291VVPmake clear12292JJclear .12293SENT. There12294EXthere would12295MDwould be12296VBbe substantial12297JJsubstantial Suspension12298NNsuspension Clause12299NNclause problems12300NNSproblem if12301INif the12302DTthe Court12303NPCourt ...12304:... if12305INif Congress12306NPCongress had12307VHDhave not12308RBnot in12309INin the12310DTthe Real12311JJreal ID12312NNid Act12313NPAct included12314VVDinclude the12315DTthe application12316NNapplication of12317INof law12318NNlaw to12319TOto fact12320NNfact .12321SENT. But12322CCbut then12323RBthen ,12324,, finally12325RBfinally and12326CCand ultimately12327RBultimately ,12328,, our12329PP$our rule12330NNrule is12331VBZbe the12332DTthe one12333CDone that12334WDTthat is12335VBZbe clear12336JJclear ,12337,, that12338WDTthat is12339VBZbe manageable12340JJmanageable ,12341,, that12342WDTthat gives12343VVZgive a12344DTa workable12345JJworkable test12346NNtest for12347INfor the12348DTthe lower12349JJRlow courts12350NNScourt that12351WDTthat will12352MDwill be12353VBbe applying12354VVGapply this12355DTthis hundreds12356NNShundred of12357INof times12358NNStime each12359DTeach year12360NNyear to12361TOto know12362VVknow where12363WRBwhere jurisdiction12364NNjurisdiction starts12365NNSstart and12366CCand stops12367NNSstop .12368SENT. And12369CCand it12370PPit 's12371VBZbe the12372DTthe one12373CDone that12374WDTthat 's12375VBZbe ultimately12376RBultimately true12377JJtrue to12378TOto the12379DTthe presumption12380NNpresumption in12381INin favor12382NNfavor of12383INof judicial12384JJjudicial review12385NNreview in12386INin the12387DTthe event12388NNevent of12389INof any12390DTany ambiguity12391NNambiguity .12392SENT. Thank12393VVthank you12394PPyou ,12395,, Your12396PP$your Honor12397NPHonor .12398SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12399LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank12400VVthank you12401PPyou ,12402,, counsel12403NNcounsel .12404SENT. The12405DTthe case12406NNcase is12407VBZbe submitted12408VVNsubmit .12409SENT.