The Supreme Court’s DACA Decision

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) will remain in place, ruling that the Trump administration’s attempts to rescind DACA were “arbitrary and capricious.” This episode details the Supreme Court’s majority opinion, written by Chief Justice Roberts, and the partial dissents by Justices Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh, and how the case arose including the history of DACA under the Obama and Trump administrations. Constitutional law scholars Leah Litman, who co-hosts the podcast Strict Scrutiny, and Jonathan Adler, who blogs for the Volokh Conspiracy, join host Jeffrey Rosen. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We The
0:08.2	People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.6	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:22.0	Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
0:27.0	program, or DACA, will remain in place for now, calling the Trump administration's
0:32.4	attempts to rescind DACA arbitrary and capricious.
0:36.5	On today's episode we will take a deep dive into this important decision and we're honored
0:42.3	to be joined by two of America's leading Supreme Court experts,
0:45.1	two great friends of We The People.
0:47.6	Leah Littman is assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School,
0:51.6	where she focuses on constitutional law.
0:54.0	She's also a regular contributor to the Take Care blog and a host of strict scrutiny, a podcast
1:00.0	about the Supreme Court.
1:01.0	Leah, it's so great to have you back on the show.
1:04.0	It's wonderful to be back.
1:05.0	Thank you so much for having me.
1:06.8	And Jonathan Adler is the inaugural Johann Verhei Memorial Professor of Law and Director
1:11.7	of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental
1:14.1	Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he also teaches constitutional law.
1:20.0	He is a contributing editor to National Review Online
1:22.9	and a regular contributor to the legal blog
1:25.8	The Volak conspiracy.
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