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Professor Martin Gilens to Give Storrs Lecture on Ailing Democracy February 3, 2017 Off Martin Gilens, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, will deliver the Storrs Lecture on March 20, 2017, at 4:30 pm, in the Faculty Lounge. His lecture is titled “America’s Ailing Democracy: What’s Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It.” “America faces many daunting problems—stagnant wages, high …
Court Extends Stay Against Deportation of Muslim Refugees February 2, 2017 Off WIRAC students working on the case at Yale Law School. (Photo credit: Jessica Hill) On February 2, 2017, a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York extended an order protecting immigrants from deportation pursuant to the Trump Administration’s executive order banning refugees and certain immigrants from …
FedSoc Conference Honors Justice Thomas ’74 February 2, 2017 Off The Yale Federalist Society is hosting a conference titled “Celebrating Justice Thomas: 25 Years on the Supreme Court” on February 10–11, 2017. “For a quarter century, Justice Clarence Thomas ’74 has shaped the jurisprudence of our nation. Ever since his arrival at Yale in 1971, he has committed himself to developing an …
Antidote for partisanship? In science, curiosity seems to work February 2, 2017 Off In a study slated for publication in the journal Advances in Political Psychology , a Yale research team led by Professor Dan Kahan found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less-curious peers. “It’s a well-established finding that most people …
Challenging the Refugee and Travel Ban February 1, 2017 Off WIRAC students gather at Yale Law School to work on immigration lawsuit challenging the refugee and travel ban. (Photo Credit: Jessica Hill) How Yale Law students, faculty, and alumni mobilized to fight the executive order on immigration It seemed like a typical Friday night until Professor Mike Wishnie ’93 got an alarming phone call …
SFALP Clinic Contributes to Lawsuit on Sanctuary Cities February 1, 2017 Off Students in Yale Law School’s San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) were instrumental in filing the first lawsuit against the Trump administration’s executive order on “sanctuary jurisdictions.” The lawsuit, filed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on January 31, 2017, claims that the Trump …
Professor Ahmad Speaks About Immigration Ban at Miami Law School January 31, 2017 Off Clinical Professor Muneer Ahmad spoke at the University of Miami School of Law on January 30, 2017 about the legal action filed by Yale Law School clinical students, faculty, and alumni to challenge President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Ahmad outlined the three orders that President Trump’s …
Veterans Groups Denounce Friday’s Executive Order January 30, 2017 Veterans’ groups across the country are speaking out against President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. Many individuals who have been illegally detained as a result of the order were traveling to the United States under the “Special Immigrant Visa” program, which protects …
In a Time of Refugees January 30, 2017 Off [This feature story appeared in the Winter 2017 Yale Law Report and was written prior to the Trump administration's actions on immigration. The story highlights the work of two student-founded organizations, the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) and International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) , which provide legal assistance to refugees …
Jamie Horsley Publishes Report on Good Governance in China January 30, 2017 China continues to make headline news in the United States with its internal repression and external aggression. Yet, the Chinese Communist Party is simultaneously engaged in a long-term “reinventing government” project to build a more law-based, transparent, participatory, and accountable government, to enhance both its …