Senators Mitch McConnell (KY-R), John Cornyn (TX-R), Ted Cruz (TX-R), Lamar Alexander (TN-R), et al., Amici Curiae
Steven A. Engel, Counsel of Record
Mitch McConnell, majority leader of the U.S. Senate, is joined in this brief by 42 other U.S. senators. Steven A. Engel is partner with the law firm Dechert, where he specializes in commercial litigation and administrative and securities law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 4, 2016. The Executive has a constitutional duty to faithfully execute the immigration laws and, in so doing, may implement rules for the administration of those laws. Yet Congress has never given the Executive unchecked discretion to rewrite Federal immigration policy…
