Audio to Startling Seventh Circuit Argument

To hear a fascinating oral argument in a removal case in the Seventh Circuit (Judges Posner, Ripple, and Rovner), check out

One observer wrote that:

“Judges Posner and Rovner went to town on the DOJ/BIA. It was a no-holds barred session at the end of which Judge Posner actually apologized to the Assistant US Attorney “for being brutal” to her. Judge Rovner called her superiors “cruel” for sending a “lovely person like you” to defend the BIA’s “madness.””

The Seventh Circuit, especially Judge Posner, has been tough on the BIA in a number of immigration cases. Query whether it has had any impact on the BIA and its approach to deciding appeals.