Commentaries by Karla McKanders

Non-Discrimination Trumps Executive Order

February 10, 2017 10:57:43 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee College of Law Immigration Clinic discusses the immigration and constitutional questions surrounding Executive Order 13769 ...Since Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769, titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry...

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Responding to the Refugee Crisis, Can Lawyers Help?

Karla McKanders

October 5, 2015 10:59:56 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law discusses the European refugee crisis... This commentary explores actions lawyers can take to hold signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention accountable for protecting refugee and asylum...

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1951 Refugee Convention: Moral Aspiration or Legal Obligation?

Karla McKanders

September 28, 2015 08:47:26 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Law discusses the European refugee crisis... "They are people in genuine need of our protection. There is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would...