Case Summary: In Plyler v. Doe (1982), four Mexican-American families challenged a Texas law that withheld from public schools any state funds for educating undocumented children. Their own school district was charging $1000 per undocumented child to compensate for lost funding. These families argued that the…

At a moment when temporary or “acting” leaders abound in the American bureaucracy, Professor O’Connell examines the modern history of such officials in the U.S. government and the potentially transformative nature of their role. This year’s Bernstein lecturer helps make sense of the legal constraints under which acting federal agency leaders…

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Book sale and signing will take place after the talk.

Event Summary: Last year, the Supreme Court heard three cases about the sovereign rights of Native American tribes in the United States – one of which resulted in a major victory for the tribes. But honoring tribal choices has at times produced conflicting claims of individual rights. Join us in February for a conversation with…

From 2010-2020, the nation’s imprisonment rate dropped by more than 25 percent, much of it supported by a bipartisan movement of policymakers and advocates from across the political spectrum working together to support commonsense reforms. Join leading organizations from the left and right who have been at the forefront of efforts to…

Since the beginning of the American Republic, a package of norms has evolved in the U.S. Constitution to protect the operation of checks and balances in national security policy. This “National Security Constitution” promotes shared powers and balanced institutional participation in foreign policymaking. Today it is under attack from a…

Randall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture one will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and resentments…

Randall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture One will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture Two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and resentments…

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Ambassador Christian Wenaweser will highlight the…

American elections have faced stark challenges in recent cycles, from shifting rules governing voting and election administration to threats of foreign interference, disinformation, political violence, and more.  On the eve of the 2024 elections, join our panel of experts as they talk through which hazards worry them this year, and when…