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Vartelas v. Holder

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A quick definition of Vartelas v. Holder:

In Vartelas v. Holder, the Supreme Court had to decide if a law that allowed legal permanent residents to be removed from the US if they had committed a crime and left the country applied to people who had left before the law was passed. The Court decided that the old law applied to those people, not the new law. This meant that Panagis Vartelas, who had left the US before the new law was passed, could not be removed from the country. Justice Scalia disagreed with the decision, saying that the new law only applied to people who tried to come back to the US after it was passed.

A more thorough explanation:

Vartelas v. Holder is a legal case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2012.

The case dealt with the question of whether a law passed in 1996, called the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), applies retroactively to lawful permanent residents who were convicted of a crime and left the United States before the law was passed. The Court held that the law that was in effect at the time of the conviction applies, not the IIRIRA.

Panagis Vartelas was a lawful permanent resident of the United States who was convicted of a crime in 1994. At the time, he was allowed to briefly leave the country without losing his status. However, in 1996, the IIRIRA was passed, which changed the law and made it so that people like Vartelas could face removal proceedings if they left the country. In 2003, Vartelas went to Greece to visit family and was subject to the IIRIRA. He was placed in removal proceedings.

The example illustrates how the IIRIRA affected Vartelas' situation. Before the law was passed, he was allowed to leave the country without losing his status. However, after the law was passed, he was subject to removal proceedings if he left the country. The Court held that the law that was in effect at the time of his conviction applied, not the IIRIRA.

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m10
11:29
Nah you wanna be wound up tight like a clock. All your parts working in synchronization, never missing a second.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:30
When I get home I think I will pull up a youtube yoga video and lay out the mat by the fireplace now, feeling guilty I haven't been stretching properly
1a2b3c4d26z
11:30
tighter you are, more potential energy you have. Your body is a spring. It's just physics
m10
11:30
Exactly.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:30
yoga classes stress me out
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11:31
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m10
11:31
Gotta always be ready to release that energy. Like if I am in a fight at the bar, I just gotta bust out a couple punches. No stretching.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:31
the instructor will be like "forget all of the things that youre stressing about" which reminds me of all of the things im stressing about
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:32
I am too competitive to do yoga classes with other people. Try to stretch better or further then hurt myself lmao I am beyond competitive in anything physical.
babycat
11:32
if you guys all pay me to be your lsat tutor I can afford to do Pilates classes
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:32
hot yoga was fun
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:32
i loved barre and pilates when i did them together
m10
11:33
Here's an article from Testosterone nation for all you men out there on why stretching is bullshit. https://archive.t-nation.com/training/stretching-is-b-s/
snow
11:36
M so close to crashing out
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:36
@babycat: If the person I am mentoring decides to listen to my advice instead of just discussing my advice I will pay you to tutor her. You seem like a smart, good and well put together person that she can probably learn well from.
babycat
11:37
Aw that’s so sweet Bulbasaur <3
11:39
@m10: stretching absolutely helps with tight tendons lol
11:39
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m10
11:40
@EvolBunny: Indeed! I am just riffing. Practicing for when I get into Chicago and do standup there on the weekends and get mad pussy.
11:40
You only do cardio on the weekends ;)
babycat
11:40
@m10: I have a friend that does this but he doesn’t get mad pussy
m10
11:40
I'll work that in! Sounds like a good way to segway.
m10
11:41
@babycat: yeah, well unlike 99.99% of people who do standup I will.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:41
To do stand up comedy you have to have fat balls, that is awesome
m10
11:41
Woah, I got little balls. Like Adam Friedland. I ain't no Stavros.
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dk are we gonna go to a homoerotic law school together?
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