Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In 1983, the Supreme Court declared the legislative veto unconstitutional, forever kneecapping Congress’ ability to check the executive branch. Now you have to learn about bicameralism and presentment.
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| 0:00.0 | We'll hear arguments next in the Immigration and Naturalization Service against Chata on the consolidated cases. |
| 0:11.3 | Hey everyone. This is Leon from Prologue Projects. On this week's episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael are talking about INS v. Chata, a 1983 case that |
| 0:23.9 | revolved around the potential deportation of a man from Kenya who had been in the United States |
| 0:28.3 | on a student visa. The Immigration and Naturalization Service had decided not to deport Chata, |
| 0:33.5 | but the House of Representatives stepped in and used a legislative veto to overrule the executive branch. |
| 0:38.8 | In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Chata, who was able to stay in the United States. |
| 0:45.2 | But the court did not stop there. The majority also ruled that the legislative veto itself was unconstitutional, |
| 0:51.7 | forever weakening the legislative branch and expanding the power of the |
| 0:55.0 | executive branch. |
| 0:56.2 | This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
| 1:07.6 | Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have drained our civil liberties, like Trump's payments to January 6ers, are draining the Treasury. |
| 1:17.5 | I'm Peter. I'm here with Michael. |
| 1:19.7 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:20.7 | And Rihanna. |
| 1:21.5 | Hi, hello. |
| 1:24.3 | This is my favorite Trump move so far. |
| 1:29.7 | Seems like we say that every week. |
| 1:31.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:32.3 | The guy gets more and more creative. |
| 1:34.7 | Now, this one is the best because, as you probably know, Donald Trump sued the IRS and then settled. |
| 1:42.2 | And as part of the settlement, secured a slush fund that is going to be |
| 1:47.2 | paid out to January 6th, who are unfairly maligned by our justice system, right? |
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