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In your post script about the in rem context, are you implying that there is such a thing as "in rem injunctions" and that they can operate on non-parties? If so, I'd be very interested on your thoughts on this Fifth Circuit case involving a personal jurisdiction challenge to a receivership bar order: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/23-10726/23-10726-2024-08-09.html

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Regarding the second paragraph of the first section, where you assume for the sake of argument that the government has a strong position, you say that this is still not the way to do it. You say they need to get an OLC opinion and do a bunch of analysis, and not "executive orders that lack the force of law".

Why does all this matter as a constitutional matter? If we assume the act itself (revocation of citizenship of the children of illegal immigrants) is constitutional, why does it matter if the OLC okayed it first? I agree that these things *should* be done, but why do they *need* to be done, according to the constitution? If the president cannot enact this through executive order, what is the correct executive branch office to do so, and why are they in a position to do so when the president himself cannot?

I am not a lawyer, just an unusually informed layman, so forgive me if these are naive or ignorant questions.

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