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Not to snipe internally, but maybe we stop approaching our SCOTUS litigation in ways that ignore the white supremacist language and agenda of the laws and policies the regime uses, as opposed to thinking that’ll turn courts off and be too inflammatory. Looking at you, white esqs
The reason today’s decision doesn’t address the racial and ethnic animus behind the 96 law is that it’s not in the record.
When I was (more of) a baby lawyer, my boss made me read this big, thick, sprawling tome that was the legislative history of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996.
There are some absolutely batshit racist floor statements in that history.
There are some absolutely batshit racist floor statements in that history.
We cannot as lawyers and as humans continue to pretend that the deeply entrenched, systemic racism symbolized by Confederate Monuments on Union national parks doesn't continue to live on in legal doctrines, in statutes, and in precedents that are normally afforded stare decisis.
In 1924, a SC Senator spoke in favor of a KKK-supported immigration bill that eventually became law. He said often that his job was to "keep the N****rs down and the price of cotton up."
Before the 2016 election, Jeff Sessions told Steve Bannon returning to that law was his goal
Before the 2016 election, Jeff Sessions told Steve Bannon returning to that law was his goal
