Bringing Home the Supply Chain

SAMUEL ESTREICHER, JONATHAN F. HARRIS

NYU law professors Samuel Estreicher and Jonathan F. Harris describe how the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the United States to confront the problem of unchecked globalization. Estreicher and Harris argue that once the pandemic subsides, U.S. policymakers should, as a matter of national security, mandate that a minimum percentage of essential supplies be manufactured domestically.

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Unconstitutional Chaos: Abortion in the Time of COVID-19

JOANNA L. GROSSMAN, MARY ZIEGLER

SMU Dedman School of Law professor Joanna L. Grossman and Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler discuss the abortion bans implemented in several states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grossman and Ziegler explain why the bans are unconstitutional and comment on the connection between the legal challenges to those bans and the broader fight over abortion rights.

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Guzman-Orellana v. Attorney General United States

Docket: 19-1793

Opinion Date: April 17, 2020

Judge: Roth

Areas of Law: Immigration Law

After overhearing the 2017 murder of his two next-door neighbors and facing repeated threats from local MS-13 gang members for his perceived role in assisting law enforcement, Guzman, then 18 years old, left his home in El Salvador and entered the United States seeking relief under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The Immigration Judge denied his application; the BIA dismissed his appeal. The Third Circuit vacated and remanded, holding that persons who publicly provide assistance to law enforcement against major Salvadoran gangs constitute a cognizable particular social group for purposes of asylum and withholding of removal under the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(A), but Guzman failed to meet his burden to show that imputed anti-gang political opinion was a central reason for the treatment he received. The BIA erred in denying Guzman relief under the CAT by “brushing aside” facts and reasonable inferences in assessing whether Guzman is likely to face torture upon removal.