Law in 10

In the wake of the attempted Times Square car bombing in April and the arrest of a naturalized U.S. citizen suspected in the attack, government officials scrambled to propose new laws designed to make Americans safer. One proposal, the Terrorism Expatriation Act, would allow the State Department to strip the citizenship of any American suspected of providing material support to a terrorist. Would such an extreme measure be deemed Constitutional and more importantly, would it help protect Americans and deter terror attacks?

California Western Teaching Fellow Ryan Williams explores the purpose and the constitutionality of several new anti-terrorism proposals.

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This week, President Barack Obama nominated U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court. Justice Stevens retires this year after 35 years on the high court.

In this episode of Law in 10, Supreme Court historian and Earl Warren Professor of Law Michal Belknap discusses Kagan's nomination and the history of high court nominees without judicial experience.

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