Derek Reinbold  //  4/16/17  //  Topic Update


Hawaii asked the Ninth Circuit for full court review of President Trump’s revised travel ban (LA Times).

  • ACLU chapters have sued DHS for information about the revised travel ban (The Hill).

The Fourth Circuit has voted to hear the Trump Administration’s appeal regarding the revised travel ban en banc, with oral arguments still set for May 8 (BuzzFeed News). 

  • Here is the order.
  • The Fourth Circuit's initial en banc hearing on President Trump’s revised travel ban is unusual, notes Lyle Denniston (Law News).

Trump Administration policies that make some communities less safe in the name of “national security” invite us to rethink the concept and scope of “national security” issues, argues Shirin Sinnar (ACSblog).

Reporting around the joint North American World Cup 2026 bid might indicate some intriguing policy shifts on NAFTA and assurances around the travel ban, speculates Kit Johnson (ImmigrationProf Blog).


Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

Michael Dorf argued that litigation against the travel ban should be considered a success, regardless of the final result at the Supreme Court. A report shows that Customs and Border Protection repeatedly violated court orders issued during the first week of the travel ban litigation.

Updates | The Week of January 15, 2018

1/14/18  //  Daily Update

A federal court grants an injunction requiring the Trump Administration to resume accepting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals renewal applications.

Take Care

Update | The Week of November 27, 2017

12/4/17  //  Daily Update

President Trump's recent tweets may not help the government's defense of the latest iteration of the Travel Ban.

Jeffrey Stein

Columbia Law School