Conservative judges have stymied Trump in his election challenges - and many other cases where his positions went against their legal principles. But a populist/nationalist GOP could gradually change the nature of conservative jurisprudence.
The administration’s approach should discourage the drug war, encourage immigration.
America has undone its longstanding policy of granting special treatment to individuals with Hong Kong passports at exactly the wrong time.
Some of the changes are reasonable. But many of the new questions are badly designed and incorporate serious errors. Moreover, such tests raise the deeper issue of why immigrants are required to pass a test to get the right to vote, but natives are not.
Charges against Kraft were (rightfully) dismissed. The women he patronized now have criminal records.
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to rule that the Fifth Amendment requires a prompt post-seizure hearing.
Giving Tuesday is an appropriate time for me to begin carrying out my pledge to donate 50% of the royalties generated by my book "Free to Move" to charities benefiting refugees.
Many of the justices seem intent on avoiding the substantive issues at stake in a case challenging the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for congressional representation.
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My response to a common, but vacuous trope often brought up in debates about immigration policy.
Bounchan Keola was injured while fighting the deadly Zogg Fire. California rewarded him with a possible deportation.
Among other parallels, both restrict liberty and opportunity based on arbitrary circumstances of birth.
Elon Musk, now the third-richest person in the world, was born in South Africa but eventually came to the United States via Canada.
Both new vaccines were developed at firms established by immigrants or their children. It's a dramatic example of the enormous benefits of international freedom of movement.
The brief filed by Univ. of Texas law professor Sanford Levinson and myself explains why the Trump administration's efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for allocating seats in the House of Representatives goes against the text and original meaning of the Constitution.
Just about everyone—conservatives, progressives, libertarians—should be glad to say goodbye to this cruel approach to immigration policy.
Libertarianism is far from wildly popular, overall. But libertarian causes have done well in referenda in recent years. We can build on that.
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to fully reinstate DACA. But such a move will surely be challenged in court. Here's an easy way to reduce the risk that such challenges might succeed.
Biden's underperformance among Cuban-American voters likely cost Democrats Florida. He can begin to heal the breach by reversing the Obama administration's cruel policy (continued by Trump) of barring most Cuban refugees.
Both candidates have serious flaws. But a Trump victory would be a much greater evil than the alternative.
Judge Susan Brnovich said no reasonable person would question her impartiality just because her husband already says they're guilty.
We discuss my book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom," and his "Supreme Disorder: The Politics of America's Highest Court."
The much-publicized result is ocnsistent with previous studies on the impact of sanctuary city
The issue is currently before the Supreme Court in the case of Trump v. New York.
Trump's immigration record is uniquely appalling but he didn't do it all by himself. Before you start building cages, you should ask how your political opponents might use them.
The government deported the parents without making any provision for reuniting them with their children.
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The implications of this move are as yet unclear.
The event is free and open to the public.
From the founding up until 1882, U.S. immigration policy was quite open. In her new book, Yang details how that changed over time.
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How politicians used the drug war and the welfare state to break up black and Native American families
The divided 2-1 decision is the first court of appeals ruling to rule on the legality of a key part of the funding diversion effort.
We don't normally talk about how rock's late, great lead guitarist was an immigrant success story and inspiration to early hip hop, but that's only because he (and America!) were too busy getting rad.
There are 1.2 million foreign students in the United States, and ICE keeps leaving them in the lurch, threatening to kick them out (and then rescinding that guidance).
The court concludes that the ban is illegal in large part because the broad authority claimed by the president violates the nondelegation doctrine.
When it comes to limiting the size and scope of government and protecting individual liberties, America's 45th president has been actively malign.
The event was sponsored by the Miller Center for Public Affairs.
Unless the president takes action, the cap will fall to zero today due to an arbitrary and cruel refugee system.
The net result of turning away foreign labor is greater unemployment—and lower wages—for native-born workers.
The opinion was written by prominent conservative Judge David Sentelle.
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I coauthored it with Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy.
Gerardo Serrano, whose truck was seized over five forgotten handgun rounds, waited two years for a hearing he never actually got.
The allegations are horrific and, as of now, otherwise unsubstantiated, but if true they would not be without precedent.
Overblown fears of crime and terror from migrants did not bear out. But the fears were bad for migrants, would-be migrants, and natives alike.
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