National Constitution Center Podcast on the Alien Enemies Act and Mahmoud Khalil Immigration Cases [Updated]

The participants were Adam Cox (NYU) and myself.

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The National Constitution Center recently recorded a podcast on the currently ongoing Alien Enemies Act litigation, and the Mahmoud Khalil deportation/free speech case. The participants were Prof. Adam Cox (NYU), a leading expert on the constitutional law of immigration, and myself. National Constitution Center President Jeffrey Rosen moderated. You can listen to the podcast here or here.

UPDATE: The podcast is now embedded below:

The National Constitution Center compiled this helpful list of links to our writing about these issues, plus a couple cases mentioned in the discussion:

• Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law (2020)
• Ilya Somin, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom (2022)
• Adam Cox and Ahilan Arulanantham, "Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)," Just Security (March 12, 2025)
• Ilya Somin, "The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for 'Pro-Terrorist' Speech," Volokh Conspiracy (March 10, 2025)
• Ilya Somin, "What Just Happened: The "Invasion" Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications," Just Security (January 28, 2025)
• Adam Cox, "The Invention of Immigration Exceptionalism," Yale Law Journal (November 2024)
• Bridges v. Wixon (1945)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy (1952)