LAW Prof: SCOTUS Travel Ban Decision Reflects a “Dark Era”
Karen Pita Loor analyzes Supreme Court’s split decision upholding Trump executive order Protesters outside the Supreme Court on April 25, when the justices were hearing arguments on whether to uphold the Trump travel ban on several Muslim countries. On June 26, the court upheld the ban in a 5-4 vote. Photo by AP/Andrew Harnik. The […]
BU to Supreme Court: Kill Trump Travel Ban
Joins 30 other academic institutions in friends of the court brief Even if the travel ban is rescinded, it probably has dissuaded some students from attending college in America already, BU and other universities tell the Supreme Court. For the third time this year, BU and other universities have gone to court—this time, the highest […]
Supreme Court Travel Ban Review Shouldn’t Affect Students, Staff
University still advises consultation with ISSO advisors The Supreme Court yesterday allowed certain travel restrictions sought by President Trump to take effect, but an exception appears to cover BU affiliates. Photo by sframephoto/iStock. BU students, faculty, and staff, including students admitted beginning this fall, apparently will not be barred from entering the United States and […]
BU Supports Second Lawsuit against Trump Travel Ban
University among 31 schools filing brief in US appeals court in Virginia Becca Heller (center) of the International Refugee Assistance Project talked to reporters after her group and others filed suit against President Trump’s travel ban. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. Boston University is supporting a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on […]
BU Weighs In Against Trump Travel Ban
Joins seven area schools in amici curiae motion The amici curiae brief submitted by BU, Boston College, Brandeis, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in US District Court supporting a lawsuit calling for repeal of Trump’s executive order on immigration. Boston University and seven other area schools are supporting a federal lawsuit challenging […]