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The Supreme Court considers the travel ban case

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 26 April 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday, April 25, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the biggest cases of the year: Trump v. Hawaii, the challenge to the latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict travel to the United States by nationals from certain countries. The federal government contends that a ruling for the challengers would “hamstring” the president’s ability to conduct foreign relations and protect the national security; the challengers counter that allowing the so-called “travel ban” to stand will not only preclude over 150 million people, overwhelmingly Muslim, from coming to the United States, but it will also consolidate “breathtakingly vast” power in the executive branch. Josh Blackman is an Associate Professor of Law at the South Texas College of Law Houston. He blogs at JoshBlackman.com and has written dozens of blog posts, editorials, and articles on the Trump v. Hawaii case. Joshua Matz is of counsel at Gupta Wessler PLLC and Kaplan & Company LLP. He is the publisher of the Take Care blog. He filed an amicus brief (with Robbie Kaplan) on behalf of constitutional law scholars in Trump v. Hawaii, on behalf of the respondents. Jeffrey Rosen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, the only institution in America chartered by Congress “to disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.”  Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org The Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

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0:00.0

I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

0:15.4

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase

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awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

0:25.0

This morning, as we record, the Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments for one of the biggest cases of the term,

0:32.0

Trump versus Hawaii, a case challenging the

0:34.7

latest iteration of President Donald Trump's effort to restrict travel into the United States.

0:39.7

On this podcast we will discuss the scope of presidential powers immigration laws and the interpretation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment

0:48.0

joining us to discuss these crucial constitutional questions are two of America's leading scholars of constitutional and immigration law. Constitutional and

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immigration law.

0:55.0

Josh Blackman is Associate Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law.

0:59.0

He blogs at Josh Blackman.

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com.

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He's written dozens of blog posts,

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editorials and articles on the Trump versus Hawaii case and is a returning

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champion for the We The People Podcasts. Joshua Mass is of counsel at Gupta

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Wester and Kaplan and Company.

1:14.3

He is the publisher of the Take Care blog.

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He filed an amicus brief with Robbie Kaplan on behalf of constitutional law scholars in

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Trump v. Wai on behalf of respondents.

1:23.7

Josh and Joshua, thank you so much for joining.

1:26.5

Thanks, Chef.

1:27.4

Thank you for having us.

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