Blanche v. Lau (LPR Inadmissibility & Admission Standard)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-06-23 — Blanche v. Lau: Supreme Court (Thomas, J., 6-3) held that the INA does not require border officers to have clear and convincing evidence that an LPR committed a crime involving moral turpitude before treating the LPR as an applicant for admission subject to inadmissibility removal proceedings, resolving a circuit split and vacating the Second Circuit. (novelty: 3)