What's Next? The Revised Travel Ban

05/04/18 • 56 min

On March 8, ACS hosted a briefing call on the Trump Administration's second travel ban that purports to cure the defects of the first. After the first travel ban was rebuffed by federal courts in its attempt to restrict refugee admissions and travel from designated Muslim-majority nations, the ACS briefing call looked to answer the following questions. How do the two executive orders differ? Are those differences constitutionally and legally significant? And what have we learned in recent weeks about the implementation challenges raised by such orders? Featured Speakers: Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA Law School; ACS Board of Directors, Moderator Anil Kalhan, Associate Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law Dr. Stephen Legomsky, John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus, Washington University Law School;Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2011-2013)

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San Francisco V. Trump: The Legality of Sanctuary Cities

On Jan. 31, the San Francisco City Attorney filed suit in federal court alleging the Trump Administration's Jan. 25 executive order announcing its intention to withhold federal funds from sancturary cities violates the Tenth Amendment and seeking a declaration that San Francisco is in compliance with federal immigration law. On April 19, Pratheepan Gulasekaram, professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law and Mollie Lee, deputy city attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office, joined ACS for a briefing call during which they discussed the litigation and the underlying federalism principles. Featured Speakers: Kara Stein, Vice President of Policy Development and Programming at ACS, Welcome Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law Mollie Lee, Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office

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What's Next? The President's Supreme Court Nominee

On Jan. 31, President Trump announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. Gorsuch will fill a seat left vacant for almost one year by the Senate majority’s obstructionism. The confirmation process is almost certain to be contentious. On Feb. 1, 2017 ACS convened prominent legal scholars to speak about Judge Gorsuch's nomination. The speakers addressed the following questions: By releasing a list of 21 potential Supreme Court candidates during the 2016 campaign, has President Trump raised concerns about the impartiality and fairness of a nominee on his list? What questions should Senators ask during the confirmation process? Given Trump’s statements that his nominee will overturn Roe v. Wade, what is the role of justice? What is at stake for the nation? Featured Speakers: Caroline Fredrickson, President, American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, Moderator Erwin Chemerinsky, ACS Board Member, Dean and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, UC Irvine School of Law Melissa Murray, Interim Dean and Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law, UC Berkeley Law Christopher Kang, ACS Board Member, National Director, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans