Aronov v. Napolitano

This appeal presents a recurring example of what appears to be this Court’s varying standards when judging governmental power as compared to those that apply to citizen challenges to government authority.

I join Judge Lipez’s dissent, which carefully explains how the government failed to comply with its own regulations and deadlines, thereby unreasonably forcing Aronov to sue to obtain relief. I write separately only to lament the double standard we apply. It is with monotonous regularity that we dispatch claims of immigration petitioners who have failed to meet one filing deadline or…