District Court, S.D. New York February 7, 2012, No. 11 civ. 3235(JSR) (National Immigration Project of National Lawyers Guild v. United States Department of Homeland Security)

OPINION AND ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.

“Trust everybody, but cut the cards,” as the old saying goes.1 When the Solicitor General of the United States makes a representation to the Supreme Court, trustworthiness is presumed.