Colleagues in ISA & APSA and other professional organizations. I hope you will pass this email along. NOTE BELOW: the email includes an academic organization JOINING THE LAW SUIT against the TRUMP travel bans. In my view, this is what taking a stand looks like. --SV -- Stacy D. VanDeveer Professor & PhD Program Director, Global Governance & Human Security Dept. of Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> GGHS Info: https://www.umb.edu/academics/mgs/crhsgg/grad/globalgov_phd
From: Jeannie Sowers <[email protected]> So very proud of our professional organization! Begin forwarded message: From: "MESA Headquarters & Secretariat" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: March 16, 2017 at 8:45:42 PM EDT To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [MESA] Lawsuit Update: Maryland Court Issues an Injunction Reply-To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Dear Members, A federal court in Maryland issued an injunction blocking President Trump’s new Muslim ban executive order early this morning, just hours after a Hawaii court issued a nationwide injunction in a separate challenge. The Middle East Studies Association (MESA), along with refugee groups, had joined a lawsuit, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center, in federal district court seeking the injunction. We had asked the federal court in Maryland to block the Trump administration’s revised executive order, arguing that it would cause irreparable harm to our members and MESA as a scholarly organization dedicated to the free and open exchange of ideas. The order, among other things, bans nationals from six Muslim majority countries. The order directly harms both MESA’s student and faculty members by preventing travel, disrupting research, and impeding careers. The Maryland district court heard our arguments, and those of our fellow plaintiffs—the International Refugee Assistance Project at the Urban Justice Center and HIAS—and has issued a strong judicial condemnation of President Trump’s Muslim ban. The decision can be found on the ACLU site at: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/international-refugee-assistance-project-v-trump-decision-and-order<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.aclu.org_legal-2Ddocument_international-2Drefugee-2Dassistance-2Dproject-2Dv-2Dtrump-2Ddecision-2Dand-2Dorder&d=DwMFAg&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=oy9zdAJhjzDMe7tACmO3xR3RcogFN12WescMBZPyvOQ&m=btFugQN1xot5fyclMoPvlr3FBU06vwVo1z_Jy51E4NU&s=ml5TzTBqum6FSHXRpZ_LMn-EEjsFyB-bTUBs3zNypRU&e=> We will continue to provide updates about any further developments. [cid:[email protected]] Middle East Studies Association 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705 520-333-2577 phone 520-207-3166 fax www.mesana.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mesa.arizona.edu_&d=DwMFAg&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=oy9zdAJhjzDMe7tACmO3xR3RcogFN12WescMBZPyvOQ&m=btFugQN1xot5fyclMoPvlr3FBU06vwVo1z_Jy51E4NU&s=skWgbnvFIGtI5gliWrroe3T3mReNYdOsueUNKrpgfrk&e=> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_MiddleEastStudiesAssoc&d=DwMFAg&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=oy9zdAJhjzDMe7tACmO3xR3RcogFN12WescMBZPyvOQ&m=btFugQN1xot5fyclMoPvlr3FBU06vwVo1z_Jy51E4NU&s=TA_xnQiFz1_HUB5zRIlHPoy7ptEWbESMdDtrW_hDyjY&e=> [cid:[email protected]] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_MESA-5F1966&d=DwMFAg&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=oy9zdAJhjzDMe7tACmO3xR3RcogFN12WescMBZPyvOQ&m=btFugQN1xot5fyclMoPvlr3FBU06vwVo1z_Jy51E4NU&s=WFbEeOJZwXydWXItqEyZNA8ZrGdmeizI_nqLlGFAnio&e=> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
