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The Stanford Neukom Center for the Rule of Law, Stanford Law Review, and Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession co-hosted a recent symposium, “The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration,” featuring panel discussions with legal scholars and former federal government lawyers. The ...panelists examined the constitutional questions and rule-of-law tensions sparked by the Trump administration’s expansive and boundary-testing use of executive power.

Stanford Law School Dean George Triantis said: “The law school’s core missions are research and education. We have the corresponding responsibility not just to react to the headlines, but to provide the depth, clarity, and constitutional grounding that complex moments demand. This symposium brought top legal minds together to engage in an informed and reasoned manner with current issues that go to the heart of the rule of law and democracy.”

Read more and watch videos of select panels: https://stanford.io/4jtlWQ1

Stanford Law School's Amrit Singh, executive director of the Rule of Law Impact Lab, was featured by the Mexico News Daily on the Mexican Congress’ decision to “pause” the legislative process related to the federal government’s proposed telecommunications reform.

“The ...breadth of these powers and the lack of precision in their regulation have aroused deep concern due to their possible impact on freedom of speech and the right to information, as well as the legal uncertainty they generate,” said the statement signed by Singh and BMA president Ana María Kudisch.

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Senate pauses problematic telecommunications reform amid censorship fears

A telecommunications reform bill put forth last week by Mexico's President Sheinbaum was paused to assess its compliance with free speech standards.

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Stanford Law School's Jennifer Chacón, co-author of the immigration law textbook Immigration Law and Social Justice and the recently published book Legal Phantoms, is featured in a recent Q&A on Trump’s immigration crackdown, due process and campus fear. She outlines how some actions ...echo past practices–while many signal an alarming break from legal norms.

"There are lots of things that happen in the world of immigration law that might surprise people, but that are not unprecedented," Chacón said. "And then there are ways that this administration is operating that seems to take us into new or unprecedented domains. I want to distinguish between those two."

Read more here: https://stanford.io/3ZnrZOz