CHARLESTON, SC - JUNE 19: Law enforcement officials stand outside of the Centralized Bond Hearing Court and Preliminary Hearing Court where the bond hearing took place for Dylann Roof who is accused of killing nine during a shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 19, 2015 Charleston, South Carolina. Dylann Roof, 21, is suspected of killing nine people during a prayer meeting in the church, which is one of the nation's oldest black churches in Charleston. (Credit: Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A little over four years after federal agents showed up at his door, a Dominican-born legal resident's fight over nearly two years spent in ICE custody without ever seeing a bond judge is headed to the nation's highest court. On October 13, the Supreme Court will hear Genalo v. Black, a dispute that asks how much power the government has to detain lawful permanent residents indefinitely — and whether the Constitution ever forces a judge into that process at all.
Two Men, Two Different Outcomes
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