About this episode

The episode discusses recent executive orders related to birthright citizenship and reviews important constitutional cases from the Roberts Court, including Affirmative Action.

The President did not file for reconsideration of the Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara, but the President nevertheless doesn’t let the Constitution rest, issuing two new executive orders that purport to extend the set of persons not receiving birthright citizenship upon their birth, among other things. We take a look. Meanwhile, our review of the Roberts Court’s important constitutional cases brings us back to the Affirmative Action cases, and we take a look at them three years in. Finally, another listener question takes us to yet another corner of the constitutional canon - and Akhil is ready even without advance notice. CLE is available for lawyers and judges from podcast.njsba.com.

People in this episode

Host: Akhil Reed Amar

Topics covered

• executive orders
• birthright citizenship
• constitutional law
• Affirmative Action
• listener questions

Keywords

• executive orders
• birthright citizenship
• Trump v. Barbara
• Roberts Court
• Affirmative Action
• constitutional law
• listener questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roberts Court, NJSBA

Books & works: Trump v. Barbara

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