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Executive Power
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Unseen Policies: Trump’s Little-Known Immigration Rules as Executive Power Grab by Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer
Unseen Policies: Trump’s Little-Known Immigration Rules as Executive Power Grab by Jaclyn Kelley-WidmerAbstractThroughout the Trump presidency, immigration “horror stories” have riveted Americans and people across the globe. Over the past…
PrawfsBlawg
Maybe the executive is not so unitary (Updated)
Main Wednesday, January 20, 2021Maybe the executive is not so unitary (Updated)Twelve years ago almost to the minute, I wondered about the four-minute gap between noon and Barack Obama taking…
PrawfsBlawg
Head of State vs. Head of Government
Main Monday, January 04, 2021Head of State vs. Head of GovernmentI'm going to start a series of posts about another work-in-progress. This one is about the constitutional distinction that most…
PrawfsBlawg
Decoding Youngstown
Main Monday, December 21, 2020Decoding Youngstown In my prior post, I explained that Robert Jackson's brief in Currin v. Wallace argued that there were constitutional limits on Congress's power to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Court Orders Trump Administration to Accept New DACA Applications
Courthouse News reports that a federal judge yesterday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate in full the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy and to continue to accept new…
Simple Justice
Short Take: Who Begs Your Pardon?
There is probably no power of the Executive less constrained than the one set forth in Article II, Section 2. [The President] shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons…
Open and Shut
Cabinet secrecy for the National Cabinet-maybe, maybe not
Seven months after its formation, the National Cabinet has made its way into the just published new edition of the Cabinet Handbook. (Pages 30-31) but is still to get a…
The Right Coast
Is Trump going to fire Chris Wray?
Given Trump s growing desperation for a gamechanging October surprise against Biden, I think there s a small but nonzero chance that he ll fire Wray *before* the election. It…
PrawfsBlawg
Habeas Corpus, Non-Delegation, and the Pandemic
Main Thursday, October 15, 2020Habeas Corpus, Non-Delegation, and the PandemicLet's try a thought experiment. Suppose next year Congress passes the "Habeas Corpus Suspension Act of 2021." The Act recites the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Implications of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s textualism, deference to executive for immigration law
Suzanne Monyak at Law360 offers this prediction of what immigrationprofs should expect if the Seventh Circuit judge is elevated to the Supreme Court: "U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's…