Battle for the Constitution: Week of April 27th, 2020 Roundup

Below is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American life, in partnership with The Atlantic.

Americans’ Faith in Law Is at Stake in the DACA Case

By H. Lee Sarokin, Former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

H. Lee Sarokin writes that the Supreme Court’s forthcoming DACA decision could test Americans’ faith that law will provide justice, but is also an opportunity to show that humanity still matters.

States are Using the Pandemic to Roll Back Americans’ Rights

By Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., John S. Stone Chairholder of Law and Director of Faculty Research, University of Alabama School of Law

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. says that several states have used the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to restrict First Amendment free-speech rights and that we must not allow this public-health crisis to become a crisis of democracy.