The claimed authority in the Proclamation on “Restriction On Entry Of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers” for the $100,000 immigration fee on H1-B visa holders is 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f) and 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f).  Here are the relevant bits of those two code sections: 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f) (f) Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by President Whenever the President…Read More

On this day back in 2003 I decided to start blogging. I though thefore today would be a good time to repost the first serious blog post I ever made, even though it only appeared after about a week. “Rose Burawoy, Political Scientist” was written in the shadow of the Bush administration’s decision to create and populate the prison camp…Read More

I am proud to announce the University of Miami Constitutional Crisis Seminar Series. The series includes thirteen lectures, almost all of which will be available on line, with new ones appearing weekly. Select University of Miami Law School students will also have a private seminar-style discussion with the speakers, but these will not be published.  I have organized this program…Read More

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow by Timothy Snyder Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing Read on Substack Shared by permission: Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.…Read More