Anil KalhanTrump’s New Immigration Ban Is Dangerous, But Also Legally VulnerableThe order seeks to impose by executive decree the immigration policy preferences he has failed to persuade Congress to enact into lawMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020
Anil KalhanTrump v. Hawaii and Chief Justice Roberts's "Korematsu Overruled" Parlor TrickA careful reading of both Trump v. Hawaii and Korematsu v. United States demonstrates that the Court has overruled precisely nothing.Jul 3, 2018Jul 3, 2018
Anil KalhanUnited States v. Texas: The Supreme Court’s Silent Endorsement of TrumpisprudenceThe Court’s decision silently embraces modes of legal analysis and adjudication that it should have openly and decisively repudiatedJun 27, 2016Jun 27, 2016
Anil KalhanThe Strange Career of United States v. TexasThe Republican plaintiffs’ shifting arguments reveal their lawsuit to be a political attack in search of a legal rationaleApr 20, 20161Apr 20, 20161
Anil KalhanDAPA, “Lawful Presence,” and the Illusion of a ProblemCritics of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration characterize them as improperly granting “lawful presence.” Here’s why that’s…Feb 14, 2016Feb 14, 2016
Anil KalhanExecutive Action on Immigration and the Judicial Artifice of “Lawful Presence”Judge Smith’s opinion is no less mistaken for having substituted “lawful presence” where Judge Hanen would have used “legal status”Jun 5, 2015Jun 5, 2015
Anil KalhanIs Judge Hanen’s Smackdown of Executive Action on Immigration “Narrowly Crafted”?Let’s not be under any illusions: the ruling is sweeping in its tenor and potential significance.Feb 24, 2015Feb 24, 2015