Doe v. St. Louis Community College

I agree that the preamble to House Bill 3 is unenforceable. Given that it was the sole impetus for the tuition policy prompting this lawsuit, we should end the inquiry here and direct SLCC to resume its previous practices. Instead, we have been pulled into the weeds of federal immigration and constitutional law in an attempt to interpret a residency regulation heretofore applied without conflict. In respect of judicial restraint, this court should resolve the case in a manner that simply restores the prior interpretation. Fearing the potential implications of the majority result, I must…