The “Construction in Space in the Third and Fourth Dimension” statue by Antoine Pevsner sits in the Law School's reflecting pool with the sun behind it.
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Students identified as pro-Palestinian activists have had their visas revoked or their legal status challenged the by the Trump administration, who cites a provision in America's immigration law. Genevieve Lakier, professor of law and First Amendment scholar at the University of Chicago, joins to discuss.

With various group letters going around denouncing some of the evils of the Trump administration, and sure to be more letter requests to come, I thought I would try to sketch out some thoughts about how to understand them.

In 1978, the United States adopted the Bankruptcy Code and its Chapter 11, which allows companies to restructure their obligations. Chapter 11’s hallmark is that it’s company driven; the company’s management decides if, when, and how it will use Chapter 11 to address its financial distress. To be sure, other stakeholders, such as secured lenders and private equity sponsors, heavily influence those corporate decisions by working in tandem with, and at times taking over, the company’s management.