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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 44 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States.

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1 Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States Anchor
scotus · 2016
green “unlike the word 'may,' which implies discretion, the word 'shall' usually connotes a requirement.” 37
2 Department of State v. Munoz
scotus · 2024
green “for more than a century, the supreme court has recognized that the admission and exclusion of foreign nationals is a fundamental sovereign attribute exercised by the government's political departments largely immune from judicial control.” 7

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