Cristina Rodríguez, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale University, gave the first speech in the 2019-2020 Presidential Colloquium Series on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Her lecture, “The President, Immigration Law, and the Politics of Constitutional Structure,” sought to provide greater insight into US immigration law by looking at historic and current tensions between executive and legislative powers.
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Olivia Handoko ’21 | News Staff Writer
On Feb. 11, Donald Trump Jr. made a speech that sent chills down my back. He had trivialized a profession I still hold dear to my heart in mere minutes. Thousands of people at the Texas border wall rally applauded his comment that motivated young conservatives to stay firm in their beliefs and stay away from “...these loser teachers that are trying to sell you on socialism from birth.” Though socialism has become a more popular political standpoint for young people today, you can’t say that this is because of what’s being taught at schools. But you could say that it’s disturbing how many of his supporters agree with his belief that teachers are “losers.” These very individuals who were raised by, nurtured, protected and supported by teachers had the audacity to agree that these people meant nothing.
Briana Brady ‘21Staff Writer If you’ve been following the news, amidst everything else, you’ve most likely come across something having to do with Trump’s…
A man identified as Sayfullo Saipov killed eight people and injured 11 after driving a pickup truck down a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween. The victims included tourists from Argentina and Belgium, as well as two Americans.
Last week, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced that they had reached a bipartisan deal that would allot government funding to health care subsidies covered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that were cut by President Trump last week.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price resigned from Trump’s cabinet last week amid investigations into his use of private jets and military planes. This arrogant waste of money on chartered plane trips cost taxpayers nearly one million dollars, even though inexpensive commercial flights were available.
At a recent United Nations meeting, President Donald Trump severely criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Trump referred to Kim with the mocking nickname “Rocket Man” and threatened to “totally destroy North Korea” if necessary.
At a recent White House meeting, with congressional leaders from both parties, President Donald Trump dumbfounded fellow Republicans by suddenly aligning himself with Democrats on a series of key fiscal issues. Trump’s surprise stance upended sensitive negotiations over the debt ceiling and further weakened his already fragile relationship with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
The fate of some 800,000 young undocumented immigrants now rests in the hands of the U.S. Congress, Emily Kowalik ’18 writes.
President McCartney issued a response after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on September 5 the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy on behalf of the Trump administration. DACA is a policy implemented in 2012 under President Obama that allows some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to pursue education and employment opportunities.