Immigration Reform and Executive Authority: Assessing the President’s Actions

Cincinnati Lawyers Chapter

Speaker: 

• Dr. John C. Eastman, Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service, Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University

Speaker: 

• Dr. John C. Eastman, Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service, Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University

Last year President Barack Obama took sweeping executive action with regard to immigration reform measures after similar measures were introduced in Congress but not approved. Texas and other states challenged the president’s executive actions in court. In February 2015, a federal judge in Texas issued an order halting certain programs established by the president, finding that the president’s executive actions on immigration would increase burdens on states and had not followed proper administrative procedures. The litigation continues. Were the president’s executive actions unconstitutional encroachments on legislative authority, or appropriate uses of executive power? What role should the courts play in resolving this question? What impact could the president’s actions have on future claims of executive authority? Professor John C. Eastman will explain the president’s immigration reform executive actions and address these and related questions.

Please join us from 12:00 noon until 1:15 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2015 for this program.  The cost of lunch and attendance is $15.00.  Members and non-members alike are always welcome.  Please RSVP by Thursday, April 23 to Matthew R. Byrne at matthew.byrne@jacksonlewis.com.  Pay at the door or in advance by cash or check (payable to “The Federalist Society”).  We look forward to seeing you at the event.