INS v. Chadha

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United States Supreme Court case landmark constitutional law case

INS v. Chadha is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the legislative veto as unconstitutional, significantly reshaping the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch.

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Label	Occurrences
INS v. Chadha canonical	6
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark constitutional law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ immigration law ⓘ
arguedDate	1982-02-23 ⓘ
citation	462 U.S. 919 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ surface form: Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Bicameralism requirement ⓘ Presentment Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1983-06-23 ⓘ
dissentBy	Byron R. White ⓘ surface form: Justice Byron R. White William H. Rehnquist ⓘ surface form: Justice William H. Rehnquist
docketNumber	80-1832 ⓘ
effect	invalidated many federal statutory provisions using legislative veto mechanisms ⓘ limited Congress’s ability to control executive agencies through legislative vetoes ⓘ strengthened executive branch discretion in administration of statutes ⓘ
fullName	INS v. Chadha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
holding	Congress must comply with bicameralism and presentment to take legislative action ⓘ Section 244(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is unconstitutional ⓘ one-house legislative veto provisions are unconstitutional ⓘ
joinedMajority	Byron R. White ⓘ surface form: Justice Byron R. White Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ surface form: Justice Harry A. Blackmun John Paul Stevens ⓘ surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ surface form: Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Thurgood Marshall ⓘ surface form: Justice Thurgood Marshall William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ surface form: Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalIssue	bicameralism and presentment requirements ⓘ constitutionality of the legislative veto ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Warren E. Burger ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
page	919 ⓘ
petitioner	Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ
rearguedDate	1982-12-06 ⓘ 1982-12-07 ⓘ
relatedConcept	checks and balances ⓘ legislative veto ⓘ nondelegation doctrine ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	Jagdish Rai Chadha ⓘ
subsequentHistory	decision has been repeatedly cited as precedent on separation of powers and legislative veto issues ⓘ
volume	462 ⓘ
yearDecided	1983 ⓘ

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