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 effect court decisions today and the reality of current immigration is further discussed.

Ahilan T. Arulanantham is Professor from Practice and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law.