True or False: The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Hawaii that presidential authority under INA § 212(f) can be used to override other specific provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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False. Even in Trump v. Hawaii, where the Court gave enormous deference to presidential immigration authority, the majority affirmed that INA § 212(f) could not be used to "expressly override" other provisions of the INA enacted by Congress. This means presidential suspension authority has theoretical limits: the President cannot use § 212(f) to contradict specific statutory provisions like asylum protections, family reunification requirements, or visa allocation formulas. However, in practice these limits are vague and rarely enforced. Courts have been extremely reluctant to find that presidential proclamations "override" statutory provisions rather than just "supplement" them, giving presidents wide latitude to functionally nullify congressional intent while claiming they're merely exercising § 212(f) authority.

True or False: The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Hawaii that presidential authority under INA § 212(f) can be used to override other specific provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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