UNITED STATES v. HANSEN

No. 22-179.

143 S.Ct. 1932 (2023)

UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Helaman HANSEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian H. Fletcher , Principal Deputy Solicitor General, for petitioner.

Esha Bhandari for respondent.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Solicitor General Counsel of Record, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. Feigin , Curtis E. Gannon , Deputy Solicitors General, Matthew Guarnieri , Assistant to the Solicitor General, J. Benton Hurst , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.


A federal law prohibits "encourag[ing] or induc[ing]" illegal immigration. 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv). After concluding that this statute criminalizes immigration advocacy and other protected speech, the Ninth Circuit held it unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment. That was...

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