It took me nine posts to make it through the Fifth Circuit’s 135-page divided opinion in Texas v. United States. Here is a summary of the posts:

1. Part I of my analysis focused on standing analysis in Texas v. U.S.
2. Part II focused on reviewability.
3. Part III looked at the procedural APA claim.
4. Part IV looked at the substantive APA claim.
5. Part V analyzes how the dissent frames DAPA.
6. Part VI analyzes the dissent’s standing analysis.
7. Part VII looks at the justiciability issue.
8. Part VIII analyzes the dissent’s section on the APA Procedural Claim.
9. Part IX looks at the dissent’s APA substantive claim section.

Also relevant, here are links to articles and briefs I wrote about this case:

• The Constitutionality of DAPA Part I: Congressional Acquiescence to Deferred Action, 103 Georgetown Law Journal Online 96 (2015).
• The Constitutionality of DAPA Part II: Faithfully Executing The Law, 19 Texas Review of Law & Politics 215 (2015).
• “Halting Obama’s Immigration End-Run Around Congress,” National Review, May 28, 2015.
• “Obama: Giving Immigrants Work Permits Is Vital for National Security,” National Review, March 24, 2015.
• “The President Cannot Bypass the Courts,” National Review, March 19, 2015.
• Obama’s ‘Complete Abdication’ of the Law, National Review, February 18, 2015.
• “Obama’s Unconstitutional Corner,” National Review, December 22, 2014 (Excerpts, PDF).
• “Obama’s overreach? Look in the mirror, Congress,” Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2014.
• ‘Discretion’ on Immigration Enforcement Can Become Abuse of Power, New York Times, November 18, 2014.
• Brief for the Cato Institute and Professor Jeremy Rabkin as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellee in Texas v. United States before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (May 11, 2015).
• Brief for the Cato Institute and Law Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting Plaintiffs in Texas v. United States, before the Southern District of Texas (1:14-cv-245) (1/7/15).

I’ve followed this case closely since November of 2014, and now it is starting to really gain velocity as it hurdles to the Supreme Court. Stay tuned.