Travel Moratorium on the Front Page Again - Podcast
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Podcast
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Podcast
Over the weekend of September 23, the White House announced it is extending and expanding the travel moratorium, which was set to expire, to eight countries. Three nations - Chad, North Korea and Venezuela - were added, while Sudan was taken off the list. The restrictions imposed vary from one country to the next. The White House has indicated that the current iteration of the travel moratorium is not intended to be permanent. Meanwhile, litigation continues on a variety of fronts, now including the Supreme Court, set to hear oral argument on October 10 on a previous iteration of the ban. Will the new restrictions moot the Supreme Court case? How does the addition of new countries effect the constitutionality of the restrictions? These and other questions were addressed in our Teleforum.
Featuring:
Prof. Josh Blackman, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
Josh Blackman is a national thought leader on constitutional law and the United States Supreme Court. Josh’s work was quoted during two presidential impeachment trials. He has testified before Congress and advises federal and state lawmakers. Josh regularly appears on TV, including NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and the BBC. Josh is also a frequent guest on NPR and other syndicated radio programs. He has published commentaries in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and leading national publications.
Since 2012, Josh has served as a professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston. He holds the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law. Josh is an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Josh has written more than seven dozen law review articles that have been cited more than a thousand times. Josh was selected as the Jurist of the Year by the Texas Journal of Law & Public Policy, received the inaugural Meese III Originalism Award, and was awarded the Inaugural Joseph Story Award. Josh was selected by Forbes Magazine for the “30 Under 30” in Law and Policy. Josh is the President of the Harlan Institute, and founded FantasySCOTUS, the Internet’s Premier Supreme Court Fantasy League. He blogs at the Volokh Conspiracyand posts@JoshMBlackman.