Professor Larry Rosenthal appeared as a guest on AirTalk on Southern California Public Radio to debate the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the 2007 Arizona law that would impose sanctions on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Listen to Professor Rosenthal discuss with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach what affect the decision will
Professor Marisa Cianciarulo appeared on KCET-TV’s “SOCAL CONNECTED” to discuss federal immigration policy. “I think it’s an extremely complex and difficult problem and it’s not one we are likely to see a solution to in the near future, in large part because it is so much tied to economy,” Professor Cianciarulo said at one point
Former Dean John Eastman appeared on the Fox Business News network’s “American’s Nightly Scoreboard,” hosted by David Asman, to discuss the recent federal court ruling out of Florida holding that the national Health Care law adopted by Congress last year was unconstitutional. The judge’s opinion cites John’s documentary on the commerce clause, published last year
The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Former Dean John Eastman about Birthright Citizenship. In his op-ed, entitled, “The 14th Amendment and Children of Illegal Migrants,” Former Dean Eastman discusses the meaning of the Citizenship Clause as it might have been intended by its authors. “The Citizenship Clause actually codifies the Lockean view of
The Panther featured Professor Ronald Rotunda’s op-ed entitled, “Congressional Silence Hurts Immigrants.” The piece discussed his belief that the claim that immigrants steal American jobs is misguided. “One reason is that immigrants create demand for goods and services. Another is that immigrants usually dovetail rather than compete with native employment.” Read Professor Rotunda’s article here.
On September 16, the Chicago Tribune published Professor Ronald Rotunda’s opinion piece entitled, “Birthright Citizenship Benefits the Country.” Children of illegal aliens “have no control over where they were born,” Professor Rotunda said. “In the past, these children have become assets to our country because they seek the better life just like the rest of
The Wall Street Journal quoted Former Dean John Eastman in an article about the recent ruling striking down portions of Arizona’s tough immigration law. “The claim that just simply having your law enforcement enforce federal law is a violation of federal law, that’s just ludicrous,” John Eastman said. Read the article entitled “States Dealt Blow
The New York Times invited Former Dean John Eastman to participate in a forum called “Room for Debate” on the ruling that blocked controversial provisions in Arizona’s new immigration law. “Truth be told,” John Eastman said of the judge’s decision, “I don’t think it will hold up well.” Check out Eastman’s contribution, entitled “Contradictions Galore,”
Former Chapman Law Dean and current Professor John Eastman was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article entitled “Backers of Arizona Immigration Law Hope Suit Creates Precedent.” Professor Eastman discussed his hope that the Arizona law will be kept mostly intact. “Federal law doesn’t expressly pre-empt states from passing statutes governing immigrants,” said John Eastman.
Professor Francine Lipman’s research on undocumented immigrants and taxation was highlighted in an article entitled “The Price That We Pay” on Truthout.org. Professor Lipman was quoted in the piece discussing the disinformation about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants that can be attributed to both “confusion about the system generally and . . . that