Sarah Mahmood  //  5/7/17  //  Topic Update


Comparisons between President Trump’s promise to exclude Muslims from the United States and vague comments made on the fly during campaign season are inapt, argue Amir Ali and Joshua Matz on Take Care.

  • This post is the third in a series on misconceptions about Trump’s statements concerning his revised travel ban. The first two posts in the series are here and here.

  • Meanwhile, Monday’s oral argument in the Fourth Circuit case on the revised travel ban will be live streamed by C-SPAN and can be accessed here.

    • Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III won't participate, according to Zoe Tillman (BuzzFeed).

  • Courts have taken Trump at his word and this has caused major trouble for the Administration (WaPo).

The Department of Justice released data on incarcerated undocumented immigrants, pursuant to requirements in an Executive Order (The Hill).


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