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Adam Cox
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Co-author of The President and Immigration Law. Professor at NYU Law. I write about immigration law, constitutional law, and democracy.
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Very compelling new piece by @ahilantoolong.bsky.social arguing that while courts have long said deportation isn't a "punishment," condemnation to CECOT clearly is.

That matters for constitutional purposes. @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/110679/depor...
Deportation to CECOT: Punishment Without Charge or Trial
Sending migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT prison raises grave constitutional concerns under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments.
www.justsecurity.org
April 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Explainer on First Amendment and Other Legal Issues in Deportation of Palestinian Student Activist(s)

By @ahilantoolong.bsky.social and @adambcox.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)
"Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever."
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March 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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hidehirota.bsky.social
A great essay by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, "Why Chinese Exclusion Matters (and Why It Doesn’t)," in @oah.org The American Historian. @iehs.bsky.social

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OAH | Why Chinese Exclusion Matters (and Why It Doesn’t)OAH | Why Chinese Exclusion Matters (and Why It Doesn’t)
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February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The Fundamental Flaws in the Barnett/Wurman Defense of Trump’s #Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

by @adambcox.bsky.social, Pamela Karlan, @martylederman.bsky.social, @twmorrison.bsky.social, and Cristina Rodríguez

www.justsecurity.org/108070/funda...
The Fundamental Flaws in the Barnett/Wurman Defense of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
"In their apparent effort to give credence to the Trump Executive Order, Professors Barnett and Wurman indefensibly ignore these core, constitutive principles."
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February 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Typically fine analysis by @stevevladeck.bsky.social on Trump’s conditioning highway $ on cities’ enforcing immigration law. Given weak nexus between highways and immigration, litigation over “relatedness” is a stress test of SCOTUS’s resistance to partisan loyalty. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
121. Spending, Coercion, and Commandeering
How far can the federal government go to force local and state governments to help enforce federal law? Sooner rather than later, the Supreme Court will almost certainly have to answer that question.
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February 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
adambcox.bsky.social
Just posted this new analysis of Trump's theory of presidential power with Trevor Morrison @twmorrison.bsky.social.

Looks like last night's OMB impoundment order may just reinforce our conclusions. @sbagen.bsky.social @joshchafetz.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Must read piece by @ahilantoolong.bsky.social: What Just Happened: Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability www.justsecurity.org/106723/sanct...
Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability
A leading expert analyzes the Justice Department threat to prosecute state and local officials in sanctuary cities.
www.justsecurity.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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This is Orwellian (first time for me to ever invoke that term).

Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
January 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
adambcox.bsky.social
New paper alert!

Excited that my new article "The Invention of Immigration Exceptionalism" has been published by @YaleLJournal.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 3, 2024 at 2:32 PM