Peter Afrasiabi takes you through the 1798 Act and the three major times that presidents have used it.
It’s all over the news in recent months, so we ask can President Trump use this 1798 law that relates to protecting against invasions to arrest and deport large numbers of people?
What is the scope of the law? How limited is judicial review of Presidential proclamations under the law?
In this fascinating latest installment of the Curious Lawyer series, host Peter Afrasiabi takes you through the 1798 Act and the three major times that presidents have used it.
From Supreme Court cases in World War 2 to other federal cases in World War 1 to cases after the War of 1812, this program examines the statute, case law, judicial review limits, and the political question doctrine, all of which intersect to give you a full overview of the state of the law as it relates to this Act.
This program then looks at the arguments on each side of whether the law’s provisions for presidential power to quell invasions can be used to arrest and deport certain immigrant groups.
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
