My quick take here, dispelling some of the more common misunderstandings about the legal bases of the Executive’s new immigration policies.
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Why the immigration initiative has nothing to do with assertions of executive constitutional power
November 21, 2014
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Executive Power, Immigration, Marty Lederman, Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
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Marty Lederman
Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman) is Executive Editor at Just Security. He is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Legal Counsel from 2021-2023 and 2009-2010, and as an Attorney Advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel from 1994-2002.
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