Background Briefing

Background Briefing – June 4, 2024

Will Biden’s Executive Order to Close the Border Win or Lose Votes? We begin with President Biden’s Executive Order today allowing temporary border closures to migrants once the seven-day average of illegal entries reaches 2,500 per day. Joining us to discuss this thorny issue for the White House is Margaret Hu, a Professor of Law … Continued


Recent political discussions of marriage have revolved around who should be allowed to wed. But missing from most debates is the question of the unfair privileges conferred by the institution of marriage itself. Scholar Jaclyn Geller discusses the more than one thousand benefits accorded married people, at the expense of the non-married. Resources: Jaclyn Geller, … Continued