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Arab lawmakers stand up in protest during a Knesset session in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Papers are thrown in the air.

“We the Jewish People”–A deep look into Israel’s new law

In the early morning hours on July 19, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed “The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People,” making it part of the Israeli…

Denmark Leading the Pack on European Anti-Immigration Policy

Like the other generous welfare states of Scandinavia, Denmark has historically been known as a uniquely broadminded and tolerant nation. And so, a recent package of laws passed…

Contrary to Popular Belief, the Court Did Not Hold that the Travel Ban is Lawful—Anything But

"Don’t believe the hype. In fact, not a single Justice on the Court decided—or even suggested—that the Proclamation’s exclusion of entry of nationals from five Muslim-majority…

Trump v. Hawaii: Korematsu’s Ghost and National Security Masquerades

The travel ban represents only the most prominent Trump administration policy that, in Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s words, “now masquerades behind a façade of national-security…

The Radical Supreme Court Travel Ban Opinion–But why it might not apply to other immigrants’ rights cases

The Supreme Court adopted a new and radical framework allowing the Justices to sidestep the anti-Muslim animus that motivated the travel ban. But, even by its own logic, the new-fangled…

Facebook and Free Speech

In the weeks since Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress, Facebook has made two important policy announcements. The company released a document explaining what posts and accounts…

A Tale of Two Branches at Today’s Oral Arguments in the Travel Ban 3.0 Case

Sitting in the packed courtroom for today’s Supreme Court argument in Trump v. Hawaii, our own Joshua Geltzer was reminded of watching a movie in which the plots for two main…

The Empty Promise of “Waivers” from Trump’s Muslim Ban

Reports from U.S. embassies cast doubt on a central legal defense to the travel ban’s constitutionality: individualized waivers. Statistics show that only two out of 8,406 visa…

Surveillance Law Backers’ ‘Willie Horton’ Tactics

In the aftermath of the renewal of a major U.S. surveillance law last month, anyone concerned about civil rights should be taking stock of both the government’s extensive surveillance…

Trump Administration’s Fuzzy Math on Terrorist Origins is More than Misleading – It’s Dishonest

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Jan. 16, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Just as the Senate Judiciary Committee was getting ready to conduct…

Faith Based Leaders’ Letter to Trump: Anti-Muslim Tweets Threaten the First Amendment

Readers of Just Security may find of interest the letter that my colleagues and I at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection sent today…

Trump’s Threat to Diversity Visas

Shortly after last month’s vehicle attack in Manhattan, President Donald Trump, in a tweet, called on Congress to eliminate the “Diversity Visa Lottery Program,” which has…
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