Wayne Law Review Symposium to focus on state constitutions Oct. 11; former Michigan attorney general Frank Kelley to provide keynote address. Read the full article here: http://goo.gl/sZGbeo The Symposium is made possible through the support of the Cohn Family Endowed Fund.
Wayne Law Review’s Symposium, A Wave Of Change: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Michigan’s Constitution and the Evolution of State Constitutionalism, will take place on October 11th, from 8:00am to 5:00pm at Wayne Law. See the press release here: http://media.wayne.edu/2013/09/17/wayne-law-review-symposium-to-focus-on The Symposium is made possible through the support of the Cohn Family Endowed Fund.
Just a friendly reminder to mark your calendars for Friday October 11, 2013, for the Wayne Law Review Symposium – A Wave of Change: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Michigan’s Constitution and the Evolution of State Constitutionalism, made possible through the support of the Cohn Family Endowed Fund. The event will be held from 8am-5pm at Wayne Law. Read More …
The 2012-2013 Wayne Law Review Symposium: “Revisiting the American City: A National Survey of Urban Legal Frameworks” will be hosted on Friday, November 2 from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Today, the United States is increasingly faced with a harsh reality – how can the City survive amid economic crisis, environmental concerns, suburban sprawl, and increasing inequity? Read More …
Although marijuana is designated as a scheduled 1 controlled substance, making its possession, growth, and use illegal under federal law, sixteen states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws decriminalizing marijuana for medical use. Michigan legislation has removed criminal sanctions for the medical use of marijuana. The enforcement of federal law, local regulation and Read More …
This symposium, titled “Immigration Reform: Problems,Possibilities, and Pragmatic Solutions,” is perfectly timed. The nation for at least a decade has from time to time fiddled with immigration reform. Some might critically contend that the United States has fiddled as Rome burned.
Change may well be in the winds. In December 2009, an immigration reform bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Obama administration at one time had promised to pursue comprehensive immigration reform in 2010. We shall see whether Congress will—and can—address the all-important, yet deeply contentious, issue of immigration reform in an election year. Read More …
Since 1893, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided Fong Yue Ting v. United States, deportation has been considered something other than punishment. It has been considered a civil tool for border control and, thus, a remedial measure rather than a punitive measure. As a civil remedial measure, the U.S. Supreme Court has concluded that constitutional criminal protections are not applicable to deportation. Additionally, the Court has yet to acknowledge other substantive constitutional restraints on the state’s power to deport noncitizens. Read More …
We have just listened to two talks very close up to the data at the micro-level of the immigration experience, and those are important objects of study for us as scholars and engaged intellectuals. That said, I am going to back away a little bit and speak more abstractly and about a dilemma we have to confront, however difficult it may be for us. And that is the dilemma of failing social solidarity and the place of immigration in the neo-liberal order that dominates us now and will continue to dominate us for the foreseeable future. Read More …
More than twenty years ago, the city of San Francisco declared itself a “City of Refuge” for immigrants, particularly those who do not have authorized status. To bolster the city’s symbolic declaration, San Francisco subsequently passed an ordinance that restricted city employees from obtaining information about a person’s immigration status or revealing a person’s known unauthorized immigration status to the federal government. In so doing, San Francisco took the bold step of aiming to assure undocumented immigrants that the city would serve as a safe haven by not cooperating with federal immigration authorities, whose responsibilities include removing unauthorized immigrants from the United States. Read More …
In February 2000, Luis Alberto Jiménez was returning home from a day’s work as a landscaper in Florida when the car he was riding in was struck by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit. While the drunk driver was a U.S. citizen with a significant criminal history, Luis Jiménez was a 35 year old undocumented gardener that had left his family behind in Guatemala two years ago and immigrated to the United States in pursuit of his dream of working hard, earning significantly more money, and ultimately being able to buy land and cultivate his own garden back home to support his family. As a result of the head-on crash, Mr. Jiménez was catastrophically injured and two of his fellow immigrant landscapers in the car with him died instantly. Mr. Jiménez was rushed to Martin Memorial Medical Center (a not for profit hospital) and was diagnosed as having sustained traumatic brain damage and severe physical injuries, with his prognosis described as “poor.” Mr. Jiménez was treated and remained hospitalized at Martin Memorial for approximately four months. In June 2000, Martin Memorial transferred Mr. Jiménez to a nursing home for ongoing care and rehabilitation. Because the accident left Mr. Jiménez incapacitated, both physically and mentally, a court appointed Mr. Jiménez’s cousin, Montejo Gaspar Montejo, as his legal guardian. Read More …
