Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia publishes essay about Supreme Court case in Regulatory Review

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA—Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia published an essay in The Regulatory Review on Wednesday, July 22, discussing the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Mullin v. Doe, consolidated with Trump v. Miot.

The court rejected a challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria.

Wadhia writes that the case centered on three questions: “whether a court can review the terminations, whether the terminations themselves violate the applicable statute, and whether the termination of TPS for Haitians was motivated by racial animus in violation of the U.S. Constitution.”

She notes, “The outcome in Mullin v. Doe destabilizes the presumption of judicial review and presents long-term implications for thousands of people, their families, and the institutions that employ them.” You can read the full essay by clicking here.

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is a nationally respected immigration scholar, law professor, author, and attorney. She joined Penn State Dickinson Law as a Clinical Professor of Law in 2008 and was named Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar in 2013.

Wadhia's scholarship has focused on the role of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law and policy and the intersection of immigration, race, and national security. She is the author of two award-winning academic press books by New York University Press and co-author of a textbook on Immigration & Nationality Law by Carolina Academic Press.