Episode 17 | Mandatory Detention Percolation

About this episode

The episode discusses the Virginia Redistricting case and the implications of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants.

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, start off discussing the Virginia Redistricting case. What did the state supreme court hold? What is an "election"? Is there a federal question for the U.S. Supreme Court to review? Are the Democrats flipping 180 on a bunch of issues to get their way, including the meaning of "election day" and the independent state legislature doctrine? Our hosts then turn to the five-court circuit split surrounding the mandatory detention of illegal ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ilan Wurman, Kathryn Johnson

Topics covered

• Virginia Redistricting
• election law
• mandatory detention
• political issues
• Supreme Court review

Keywords

• Virginia Redistricting
• election
• Supreme Court
• mandatory detention
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Virginia Redistricting, U.S. Supreme Court, Democrats, independent state legislature doctrine

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