U.S. Appeals Court: ALIEN AEDPA- Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penaly Act.
Almon Almon: see Alemeth (2.) v. Reno, 192 F.3d 28 (1st Cir. 1999). An alein brought a habeas corpus habeas corpus (hay-bee-us core-puss) n. Latin for "you have the body," it is a writ (court order) which directs the law enforcement officials (prison administrators, police, or sheriff) who have custody of a prisoner to appear in court to help the judge determine whether the prisoner is unlawfully in prison or jail. action seeking relief from a deportation deportation n. the act of expelling a foreigner from a country, usually because he/she has a criminal record, committed a crime, lied on his/her entry documents, is in the country illegally, or his/her presence is deemed by Immigration and Naturalization Service, FederaI Bureau of Investigation or State Department officials to be against the best interests of the nation. Deportation is usually to the country of origin. order and arguing that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA AEDPA - Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act) violated his equal protection rights by allowing discretionary waivers of deportation for aliens in exclusion proceedings but not for aliens in deportation proceedings. The district court granted the petition but the appeals court reversed. The appeals court held that Congress had a rational basis rational basis n. a test of constitutionality of a statute, asking whether the law has a reasonable connection to achieving a legitimate and constitutional objective. for authorizing such disparate treatment in that it sought to expedite deportation of aliens currently residing in the United States. (United States District Court, Massachusetts)
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