Cartoon depicting congressional debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. (NA)  Media reports indicate the Trump Administration may be about to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool to facilitate deportation: The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge […]
The case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and green card holder who was detained by immigration officials after participating in anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, has now become big national news. Those defending the government’s efforts to deport Khalil argue that the authorities have the legal right to deport a noncitizen whose activism […]
Five years to the day after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, what are the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic? Just asking questions. Tom Woods joins us today. He’s a historian, host of The Tom Woods Show, and author of many books, including Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID […]
Despite the enactment of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in 2021, which included $350 billion for federal highway programs, America’s highway quality and spending in recent years haven’t seen major changes. There’s been a small uptick in spending, a small uptick in highway quality, and a small decrease in congestion. But a revolution on America’s […]
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On Thursday, the Acting Solicitor General filed emergency applications in three birthright citizenship cases (24A884, 24A885, and 24A886). These are appeals from the First, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits. The government has sought only a partial stay. First, the SG argues that the universal injunctions improperly granted relief to non-parties. Second, the SG contends that it […]
(Maria Butrova | Dreamstime.com) Four different federal courts have issued rulings blocking Donald Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and immigrants in the US on the temporary visas. Three of them have issued nationwide injunctions, blocking enforcement of the the order throughout the country. The Trump Administration has filed nearly […]
Jane Bambauer and I discuss the First Amendment and immigration law: deportation, exclusion, denial Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, and free markets, the site offers a diverse range […]
The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, is trying to terminate the lease of a movie theater for screening No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary about the Israel-Palestine conflict. The Miami Herald reported that Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner introduced a resolution to terminate the lease of O Cinema, an independent film theater that rents space […]
From yesterday’s decision by Seventh Circuit Judge Thomas Kirsch, joined by Judges Ilana Rovner and David Hamilton, in Kilborn v. Amiridis: This appeal arises out of a motion to dismiss, so we accept the well-pleaded facts in the complaint as true and draw all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff’s favor…. Jason Kilborn is a tenured […]
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