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He added: “We all know that the proceeding against Couy was contrary to law now that the Supreme Court decided the Trump case and defeated the attempt to have him taken off of the Colorado ballot.”

District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker concluded that the NLRB’s new rule would be “contrary to law” and that it was “arbitrary and capricious” in regard to how it would change the existing rule.

At the end of July, a federal judge called that new policy “contrary to law” because it violated existing federal statutes and international treaties that require the United States to allow anyone crossing the border to request asylum.

“The Court concludes that the Rule is contrary to law because it presumes ineligible for asylum noncitizens who enter between ports of entry, using a manner of entry that Congress expressly intended should not affect access to asylum,” the judge wrote.

Rong Chhun, a Candlelight Party deputy president, said the arrests were contrary to law because police failed to show an arrest warrant and did not inform them or their families of what crimes they were accused of.

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