Dorothy A. Brown: A Reparations Roadmap

Dorothy A. Brown discusses her book, Getting to Reparations: How Building A Different America Requires a Reckoning With Our Past, in it she demonstrates a clear precedent for paying reparations. She cites other times in American history reparations were paid - whether it was Italian immigrants, interned Japanese Americans, or slave owners in Washington DC. Professor Brown ends by offering a compelling and detailed legal and political strategy that could realistically achieve this…

Ahilan Arulanantham: Immigration Law and Racist Precedent

Ahilan Arulanantham discusses his article, "Reversing Racist Precedent." In the article he examines how racist precedent remains a key feature of our legal system and how racism sits at the very center of US immigration law. Immigration law is originally tainted by two cases at the heart of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Courts could create a new exception in stare decisis doctrine: cases would be denied precedential force if they were motivated by racial animus. How these changes would…