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55 Stan. L. Rev. 1419 (2002-2003)
Patriotic or Unconstitutional - The Mandatory Detention of Aliens under the USA Patriot Act

handle is hein.journals/stflr55 and id is 1433 raw text is: NOTE Patriotic or Unconstitutional? The Mandatory Detention of Aliens Under the USA Patriot Act Shirin Sinnar* INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1420 I. STATUTORY ANALYSIS: THE USA PATRIOT ACT IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS......................................................................................................... 1422 A. Section 412: Mandatory Detention of Certified Aliens ................ 1424 B. The Effect of Section 412 .................................................................. 1426 II. THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT ............................... 1427 III. PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS ........................................................................ 1429 A. Is There a Protected Liberty Interest? .............................................. 1429 B . W hat Process Is D ue?....................................................................... 1431 1. The procedures of USA Patriot Act section 412 .............................. 1432 2. Supreme Court precedent................................................................. 1436 3. Applying the M athew s test................................................................ 1437 IV. SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS........................................................................ 1441 A . Level of Scrutiny ............................................................................... 1443 B. Mandatory Detention of Criminal Aliens ......................................... 1446 C. A Special Justification for Detention?.......................................... 1448 1. The case of terrorism ........................................................................ 1448 2. The excessiveness of section 412 ..................................................... 1451 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................... 1454 * J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, 2003; M.Phil., 1999, Cambridge University; A.B., 1998, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. Law clerk to the Honorable Warren J. Ferguson, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003-2004. I would like to acknowledge my parents, Abbas and Zehra Sinnar, and my sister Shamim for their constant love and encouragement-and my beloved husband Imran Maskatia for immeasurable support. My warmest thanks to my adviser Tom Campbell, Matthew Stephenson, Nancy Chang, David Cole, Monique Sherman, and the editors of the Stanford Law Review for their insightful comments and suggestions on drafts of this Note. 1419