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Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Capitol

Trump’s Executive Order on Foreign Terrorists: Implications for the Rights of Non-Citizens

Trump's efforts to revive some version of the Muslim travel ban will harm people within the United States and chill protests.
The U.S. Supreme Court building at dawn in Washington, D.C., U.S. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg

Three Flaws in the Supreme Court’s Decision on Presidential Criminal Immunity

Three major flaws in the Trump v. United States majority opinion derive from the Court’s failure to examine and differentiate the source and scope of presidential power -- whether…
Security Council Chamber at United Nations

The United Nations in Hindsight: UN Security Council Sanctions

Sanctions programs could benefit from certain measures to restore their function as a critical U.N. Security Council tool for peace.
Assembly hall with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a large screen

After Spotlight on Red Notices, Turkey is Abusing Another Interpol Mechanism

The Stolen and Lost Travel Document (SLTD) system, which has less internal scrutiny and checks, can also be wielded against critics.
Barracks behind barbed wire, against bright blue sky and mountains.

80 Years After Executive Order 9066, the Supreme Court Still Shuts Its Eyes to Reality

The myth of facial neutrality ignores how racism and other prejudices shape national security policy.
Aerial view of an improvised camp of asylum seekers and refugees at El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on December 6, 2021. - The United States reimplemented the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) program, also known as Remain in Mexico, on December 6 after a court order. (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Fifth Circuit’s Interventionist Administrative Law and the Misguided Reinstatement of Remain in Mexico

Experts Cristina Rodríguez and Adam Cox identify flaws in the decision ordering reinstatement of the "Migrant Protection Protocols."
U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing a face mask, prepares to sign a series of executive orders at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Biden Executive Actions Make Unity Possible for Millions of Marginalized Americans

In reminding us of America's aspirational values – ones a majority of the country supports – these directives are a first step toward healing.
People protest the Muslim travel ban outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 26, 2018. A sign reads, “No Muslim Ban”

Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: The Supreme Court’s Muslim Travel Ban Decision

Although the Muslim travel ban has now been consigned to the dustbin of history, it is worth reflecting how the Supreme Court’s decision already looks in retrospect.
Immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019.

The President and Immigration Law Series: Reflections on the Future of American Immigration Policy

Our series on The President and Immigration Law concludes. Authors Cristina Rodríguez and Adam Cox reflect on the future as illuminated by the contributions to the series, highlighting…
This photo taken on September 12, 2019 shows people walking next to a Uighur cemetery in Shayar in the region of Xinjiang.

The 116th Congress’s Record on International Human Rights: The Good, the Bad, and the Unfinished Business

Action and inaction on Uyghurs, Yemen, the Rohingya, asylum seekers, Venezuela, and more highlight the crises facing the next Congress.
Two Muslim women stand near a fence across the street from the White House before the start of a protest against the Trump administration's proposed travel ban, October 18, 2017 in Washington, DC.

The President and Immigration Law: The Danger and Promise of Presidential Power

In our penultimate installment of this series, Lucas Guttentag discusses causes for concern and hope. He argues that the Supreme Court has signaled recent retreat from judicial…
Two refugees, a Honduran child and her mother, sit on the ground of the border bridge after being denied entry from Mexico into the U.S. on June 25, 2018 in Brownsville, Texas. The mother covers her face and the child with her sweater, and two border agents lean against a wall in the background.

Never Mind “America First” — Trump’s Newly Expanded Immigration Ban Puts Americans Last

Nationality-based restrictions will separate families and are the wrong tool to promote public safety and national security.
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