Trump’s fake emergencies are the real crisis
I have an op-ed out in the Washington Post today: “Trump’s fake emergencies are the real crisis,” co-authored with Serena Mayeri (Penn Law) and Amanda Shanor (Wharton). Here’s an excerpt:
The Trump administration has doubled down on its refusal to remedy its mistaken deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego GarcÃa, a Maryland father, to a notorious prison in El Salvador — despite a federal court order to facilitate his return. This case is one of many recent presidential actions that cloak flagrant violations of core constitutional rights in spurious claims of emergency power.
Alleging an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” of terrorists and foreign criminals, President Donald Trump is removing and imprisoning noncitizens without due process, asserting he is authorized to do so by the Alien Enemies Act. The administration invokes “foreign policy” to seize and detain students, including legal permanent residents, conflating political speech and peaceful protest with “terrorism.” Citing “national security,” the president h
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