Another broken promise, this time by the Democratic elites in both Washingtons. Shame on the U.S. Shame on the state of Washington. Shame on Nooksack Indian Tribe. seattletimes.com/opinion/editor…

I joined as co-counsel in a challenge to the Arkansas Alien Land Law. See article and Bluesky post. We have hit the ground running at our new home UC Irvine School of Law. Article on the TRO we got, here: edition.arkansasonline.com/article/803106… bsky.app/profile/korema…

It me. “I’m grateful to students in the clinic who worked on this during Thanksgiving break, even as they were preparing for their final exams,” said Professor Chang. “I’m proud of their commitment to advance justice.” And I'm not even teaching in the clinic.

Today is the 80th anniversary of the dual Supreme Court decisions in Korematsu v United States and Ex parte Endo. Court critics view Korematsu, which validated the Japanese American incarceration, as one of the court's worst decisions. 1/3

#OTD in 1944, the United States Supreme Court held unanimously in Ex Parte Mitsuye Endo that the federal government could not indefinitely confine U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry who were “concededly loyal” in War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps.

Great resource, new short film, available at our sister organization, the Korematsu Institute.

Thank you Lalo Alcaraz for allowing us, for our book cover, to use your stunning political cartoon that captures what was at stake when ethnic studies was banned, a precursor to the suppression of knowledge today.

Professor Jonathan Feingold (Jonathan Feingold) FTW! Faculty Boston University School of Law voted to award him tenure. Having seen all he did pre-tenure, can’t wait to see what he does, after.

It’s obscene, but unsurprising, that the state govt of Alabama once again degrades itself by making money from abusively selling the labor of its prisoners. Even less surprising that Alabama seems to care the least about it when the prisoners are Black. SlaverybyAnotherName

Haven't gotten my author copies yet from Cambridge University Press, but managed to snag a copy from Amazon. If you order from Cambridge, you can get 20% off by using code BANBA24. cambridge.org/us/universityp…

The City of Angels has its own angels, the many firefighters and first responders who charge into danger to help everyone affected by the wildfires. Thank you, firefighters for risking everything to help us in this time of need. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons.

Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship by executive order is (1) unlawful; (2) predicated on conflating two entirely distinct legal arguments; and (3) doomed to fail in (even these) courts. My “One First” explainer: stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-112-bi…

Anyone else feeling cognitive dissonance by the juxtaposition of the federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the slew of executive orders issued by the new administration?

Happening tomorrow. APALSA is hosting a civil rights panel with Prof. Chang for Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. Robert Chang

I just stress ate a pint of ice cream because I didn't have any potato chips - my usual stress eating food - in the house. How's your evening going?

Come work with me. The Korematsu Center is hiring a staff director. This is an on-site role at UC Irvine School of Law. careers-uci.icims.com/jobs/97071/dir…

I haven't posted here in a while. But we filed this today, to support Perkins Coie that said no to the unconstitutional EO by the president. We're filing similar briefs on Friday to support Jenner & Block and WilmerHale. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

With 80 Asian American organizations and race and law centers, AALDEF submits brief in support of birthright citizenship aaldef.org/press-release/… via @retroreport