Continuing Legal Education

The current administration has signaled a significant retreat from federal business regulation, including regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Housing Act (FHA), and other critical federal statutes. This shift is evident in actions such as the Department of Justice's withdrawal of ADA guidance documents and the proposed elimination of affirmative action requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, directing agencies to deprioritize the Disparate Impact standard. 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has claimed that they are drawing down agents deployed to Minnesota as part of its Metro Surge Operation. The harms inflicted on individuals and destruction to communities will have lasting effects. Legal remedies to right the wrongs inflicted by federal officials face unique, but not insurmountable, challenges.

Where do "fundamental rights" actually come from? This session explores the foundations of modern rights and constitutionalism. Professor Ryan Greenwood examines the evolution of the English constitutional tradition—symbolized by Magna Carta and other documents—that resulted in the American innovation of a federal constitution.