Episode 17 | Mandatory Detention Percolation
Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, start off discussing the Virginia Redistricting case. What did the state supreme court hold? What is an “election”? Is there a federal question for the U.S. Supreme Court to review? Are the Democrats flipping 180 on a bunch of issues to get their way, including the meaning of “election day” and the independent state legislature doctrine? Our hosts then turn to the five-court circuit split surrounding the mandatory detention of illegal aliens. What is an “applicant for admission”? Is an applicant for admission necessarily “seeking” admission? And what does Judge Lagoa’s Eleventh Circuit dissent tell us about birthright citizenship? Enjoy this textual and interpretive bonanza.