President Obama recently announced a significant policy of non-enforcement of immigration law aimed at protecting the position of illegal immigrants who are on a ‘pathway’ to citizenship. There is an excellent symposium at Jack Balkin’s blog, accessible here. Simply put, President Obama’s argument is that the legislative branch has not allocated sufficient resources to apply […] Read more

On May 10 next, we at U de M are hosting what we hope will be the first in a series of conferences on key concepts of the common law. To kick off, the conference on May 10, 2013 is Regulation and the Common Law. Our keynote speaker will be Gillian Metzger, the Stanley H. […] Read more