Anyway I have been fully radicalized against article ii courts; every administrative court in the country should be made an article iii court
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Sorry to nitpick but you mean article i courts? I think the problem here is less with immigration court being run by an ALJ and more our immigration laws just being really bad.
aug 27, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
You’re right, typo. But no, I genuinely think it’s bad that cases are adjudicated by “judges” who can be fired by the attorney general. I mean, they have quotas!
aug 27, 2025, 7:09 pm • 2 0 • view
My experience is state/local but I was under the assumption federal ALJs had for cause protections but if that’s not literally or practically the case, yeah I agree that’s bad. Not that for cause protections mean much anymore, smh.
aug 27, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
I do think the perks of administrative proceedings (relaxed evidentiary rules, subject matter expertise, speed, etc) make them better than article 3 courts for lots technical and bureaucratic disputes, but some kind of removal protection for ALJs is necessary.
aug 27, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view