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National Constitution Center Names Virginia Clark Vice President for External Relations
The National Constitution Center has named Virginia Clark as Vice President for External Relations. She will serve as the…
The role players and the unfolding drama of “DACA”
The drama over what to do with some 800,000 young people in the “DACA” program who entered the U.S. illegally as children and…
Explaining the legal arguments in the DACA controversy
Rumors are swirling that the Trump administration could end or greatly limit the DACA program to defer deportations of younger…
States seek end of last parts of Obama immigration orders
Ten of the states that had succeeded in a sweeping challenge to President Obama’s 2014 order that would have delayed deportation…
Government wipes out major Obama immigration order
The Trump administration late Thursday gave itself permission to deport more than 4 million undocumented immigrants, the parents…
West Virginia v. Barnette: The freedom to not pledge allegiance
On June 14, 1943, the Supreme Court ruled that public school students cannot be forced to salute and pledge allegiance to the U.S.…
Legal issues involved in the Trump immigration travel order
Associate in-house counsel Lana Ulrich breaks down the history of the Trump immigration order saga and the different legal points…
Sanctuary city moves could force issue closer to court dates
The Justice Department’s announcement of funding sanctions against cities and counties that don’t honor some immigration…
Biden named chair of National Constitution Center Board of Trustees
The National Constitution Center has announced that Vice President Joe Biden has been elected Chair of the Center’s Board of…
A look at Trump’s other immigration executive order under debate
On Thursday afternoon, a federal appeals court ruled against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban executive order, setting…
