59 F. Supp. 2d 994 - Danh v. Demore’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A facial challenge to a legislative Act is, of course, the most difficult challenge to mount successfully, since the challenger must establish that no set of circumstances exists under which the Act would be valid. The fact that the Bail Reform Act might' operate unconstitutionally under some conceivable set of circumstances is insufficient to render it wholly invalid, since we have not recognized an “overbreadth” doctrine outside the limited context, of the First Amendment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shurney v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

2. “[Section] 236(c) triggers heightened review because it does not reflect a substantive decision over immigration policy, but rather a means for effectuating such a decision. Although Congress has broad authority to decide what classes of aliens should be deported, the same is not true of how those aliens are treated pending deportation. Like all rules affecting fundamental rights, rules falling in the latter category must comport with due process. Salerno therefore controls.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 201 F. Supp. 2d 714 - Ramos Serrano v. Estrada