Deep Gulasekaram was quoted in a Buzzfeed article about why the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeal denied Trump’s proposed asylum policy.
“At the end of day, what’s happening here is quite simple: The executive is trying to unilaterally undermine the rule of law,” said Pratheepan Gulasekaram, a professor and immigration expert at Santa Clara University School of Law. “But federal judges are telling him that there is no emergency situation that requires rethinking the fundamental precept of our system of government — the president can’t simply change laws because he disagrees with them.”
