Marmolejo-Campos v. Gonzales

In this appeal, we are tasked with answering a straightforward question: Does the act of driving while intoxicated, which is not a crime involving moral turpitude, somehow become morally turpitudinous when coupled with the act of driving without a license, which also is not a crime involving moral turpitude? The majority states that precedent and administrative deference require us to answer this question in the affirmative, but I respectfully disagree.

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As a preliminary matter, “moral turpitude” is a vague and nebulous standard, Matter of Flores, 17 I. & N. Dec. 225, 227 (BIA 1980), whose…