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We will take you live to a discussion on Civil Liberties during the covid19 pandemic. This is hosted by the Federalist Society. Live coverage is here on cspan. As well more detailed biographies of the speakers. To moderate our panel on Civil Liberties and covid19, we have a fellow and montane president of aei and longer time focus on these and many other sorts of Public Policy issues, one of our intellectuals. Thank you. Welcome, one and all. This session will examine the Civil Liberties issues that have been raised by government actions to content with the coronavirus pandemic. We will hear from four imminent legal scholars. One from new york law school, chairman of the american Civil Liberties union. Eugene of the ucla law school, host of the eponymous website of conspiracy. Julia of the university of Virginia School of law, who specializes in property, public finance, and constitutional law. And finally mia Love University of Virginia School of law, who specializes in comparative co
Public policy issues, one of our intellectuals. Thank you. Welcome, one and all. This session will examine the Civil Liberties issues that have been raised by Government Actions to content with the coronavirus pandemic. We will hear from four imminent legal scholars. One from new york law school, chairman of the american Civil Liberties union. Eugene of the ucla law school, host of the eponymous website of conspiracy. Julia of the university of Virginia School of law, who specializes in property, public finance, and constitutional law. And finally mia Love University of Virginia School of law, who specializes in comparative constitutional law and International Law. Further information about each of them is available at the conference website. Our session will run up to 90 minutes, concluding not later than 5 15 eastern in the United States. We will have individual presentations and a general Panel Discussion and questions from attendees. When question time arrives, i will ask those wit
Based on its belief the policy was illegal, and its general opposition to broad nonenforcement policies. The decision did not violate the apa for two reasons. First, it is not subject to judicial review. The decision is committed to the unreviewable discretion unless a statute restricts it, and nothing requires the department, a Law Enforcement agency, to not enforce the law. Second, the decision to end this nonenforcement policy was eminently reasonable. Was a temporary stopgap measure that on its face could be rescinded at any time, and the departments reasonable concerns about its legality in general opposition to broad nonenforcement policies provided more than a reasonable basis for ending it. After all, an agency is not required to push its legally dubious power to not enforce the law to its logical extreme since it undermines confidence in the rule of law itself and conflicts with the agencys Law Enforcement mission. I would like to begin with the review ability question. If the