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Executive Power
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration and Executive Power Panel at Cornell Law School
Check out this link to a video of a panel discussion at Cornell Law School. Moderated by Professor Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, the panelists were constitutional scholars Michael Dorf, Ilya Somin, and…
International Trade Law Prof Blog
Terminator 5: The NAFTA Implementation Act
By Alison Peck
Can Trump withdraw from NAFTA? At a rally in Phoenix on August 22, President Trump said, “[w]e’ll probably end up terminating NAFTA at some point.” Can he? More specifically, can…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More context for contemplating Prez Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio
Main August 30, 2017More context for contemplating Prez Trump's pardon of Joe ArpaioYesterday I noticed two interesting pieces providing some context for Prez Trump's decision last week to make his…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More notable talk by Prez Trump about possible use of his pardon authority
Main August 14, 2017More notable talk by Prez Trump about possible use of his pardon authorityAs noted in this post from a few weeks ago, Prez Trump earlier this summer…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Could Prez Trump follow Prez Obama’s lead by making notable and significant use of his clemency powers?
Main July 21, 2017Could Prez Trump follow Prez Obama's lead by making notable and significant use of his clemency powers?The question in the title of this post is my somewhat…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Crime, the Constitution, and the Trump Administration”
Main July 3, 2017"Crime, the Constitution, and the Trump Administration"The title of this post is the title of this extended commentary authored by Tim Lynch, who directs the Cato Institute’s…
ImmigrationProf Blog
How the Trump Administration May Ultimately Expand the Constitutional Rights of Immigrants
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement initiatives have attracted much attention and critical commentary. One can only wonder what long term impact those initiatives will have on immigration law. I…
PrawfsBlawg
Remedying Removal: Mueller and the CFPB Case
Main Thursday, June 15, 2017Remedying Removal: Mueller and the CFPB CaseMany commentators have discussed whether President Trump could lawfully fire Special Counsel Mueller, despite a DOJ regulation providing that the…
PrawfsBlawg
Constitutional Powers and Crimes
Main Thursday, June 08, 2017Constitutional Powers and CrimesFor obvious reasons, people have been talking recently about whether it can ever be a crime for the President to instruct a subordinate…
PrawfsBlawg
Domestication or Absolute Resistance? A Semi-Supreme-Court Symposium Question
Main Wednesday, May 31, 2017Domestication or Absolute Resistance? A Semi-Supreme-Court Symposium QuestionI'm not sure this post is a direct contribution to the ongoing Supreme Court symposium here. Indeed, insofar as…