## The current conservative Supreme Court has shown a tendency to limit the application of both due process and equal protection.
It has drastically loosened requirements for probable cause for searches and seizures (“speaks English with an accent!”); allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for over 300,000 Venezuelans (reversing lower court blocks), and it has permitted fast deportations for certain individuals without notice.
**An Executive Order titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” – which aims to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents or those with temporary legal status – will be considered by the Supreme Court this April, with a ruling expected in June or July.**
Washtenaw County Court Attorney Teresa Killeen’s talk will consider: are some current government actions violating our Rights to Protection and Due Process? What is the remedy for violations? Are the remedies sufficient? Is there recourse available, without a change in the Supreme Court? How are we changing, or being changed, as a nation?
_Manchester Mirror_ publisher Fritz Swanson will moderate an open discussion.
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